HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Barry                      Flight Director Czyzyk
     --------------------------                 -----------------------------------------------------------
Flight ID 010802N                Dropwindsonde Scientists Landsea / M. Black                                 Takeoff   1732   UTC
         ----------------------                          --------------------------------------------------         ----------
Mission ID 02AAA Surveillance    AVAPS Operators Goldstein, Hornbrooke, Dan                                  Landing   N/A    UTC
          ---------------------                 -----------------------------------------------------------         ----------


+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Drop    Sonde     Time    Lat    Lon  Surface   10m     MBL     BT     Cloud             Comments                                | 
|  #      ID #      (UTC)   (°N)  (°W) Pressure   Wind    Wind    SST    Cover                                                     |
|                                        (mb)     (kt)    (kt)   (°C)                                                              |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  1    990745005  181018  28.98  86.24 1017.8   85° 27  80° 29         25% Cu                                                     |
|  2    990415186  182948  28.50  88.82 1017.5   95° 21  75° 22         10% Cu             Slow fall to 380 s                      |
|  3    990745006  184913  28.00  91.42 1017.3   75° 13  75° 13         10% Cu, 10% Alto                                           |
|                                                                       str.                                                       |
|  4    003475037  190742  27.45  93.99 1016.1  -------  65° 14         +25% Cu, Thin      Last wind 25 m                          |
|                                                                       cirrus below                                               |
|  5    990415183  192903  25.00  94.93 1015.8  -------  15° 08         Cirrus below       Spotty data 120-360 s; last wind 23 m;  |
|                                                                                          and slow fall                           |
|  6    011245405  194745  23.62  92.97 1015.6  ------- -------         Cirrus below       No temps                                |
|  6A   990845004  195458  24.42  92.55  1016    40° 07  40° 08         50% Alt. str;      Gap in winds, slow fall                 |
|                                                                       20% Cu                                                     |
|  7    011245234  200435  25.48  91.96 1015.7   55° 07  65° 09         In cirrus          Had to descend to 41K                   |
|  8    990845001  202239  25.94  89.51 1014.7   50° 10  65° 12         Some cirrus        PPB -2.3 mb; late winds                 |
|  9    991435124  204210  24.02  88.00 1014.2  340° 10 345° 10         50% low Cu         Slow fall-partial                       |
|  10   990745014  210254  23.60  85.50 1013.3  235° 14 230° 15         50% Cu             Partial slow fall                       |
|  11   990415182  212519  23.50  82.50 1014.7  180° 11 175° 12         80% low Cu                                                 |
|  12   011245404  215017  23.10  79.20 1015.4  ------- -------         In thin cirrus,    Wind dropped out 480-570 s;             |
|                                                                       10% Alt. str.      Last wind 405 m                         |
|  13   990415348  221517  22.80  76.00 1016.2  ------- -------         5% Cu              No satellites; no winds                 |
|  13A  990745003  221604  22.80  75.90 1015.9   95° 13  95° 15         In thin cirrus,    Slow fall (?) to 320 s                  |
|                                                                       clear below                                                |
|  14   011245034  224026  22.80  72.80 1016.5   90° 16 -------         10% Cu             No temps/RH                             |
|  14A  003135156  224154  23.00  72.70 1016.8   95° 15  95° 16         10% Cu                                                     |
|  15   992525882  225943  25.00  72.90 1018.3   75° 12  90° 13         20% Cu                                                     |
|  16   011245029  231700  25.00  75.10 1018.3   85° 13  85° 13         10% Cu                                                     |
|  17   011245211  233505  25.10  77.40 1017.5   60° 20  90° 15         100% cirrus below  Some winds after 400 s                  |
|  17A  990435466  233730  25.30  77.50 1018.2  125° 08  90° 11         50% cirrus, 100%   Slow fall 280 s                         |
|                                                                       Alt. Str.                                                  |
|  18   990415125  235552  27.50  77.40 ------  ------- -------         100% cirrus below                                          |
|  19   011245227  000921  27.50  75.50 1019.8   95° 12 100° 12         100% strato Cu                                             |
|  20   011245402  002437  27.68  73.50   N/A     N/A     N/A                                                                      |
|  20A  011245232  002517  27.76  73.49 ------  ------- -------                            Int. winds, no temp.                    |
|  20B  003515052  002735  28.00  73.49  1020    75° 10  75° 10                            Bad PTH & int.                          |
|  21   990415184  004343  29.97  73.62 1021.4  ------- -------                            Int. winds                              |
|  22   003515125  010205  30.00  76.00 1021.0   35° 03   5° 03                                                                    |
|  23   003115228  012122  29.50  78.50 1021.0  105° 10 140° 11                                                                    |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+