HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Erin                       Flight Director Tom Shepherd
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Flight ID 010910H                Dropwindsonde Scientists Jason Dunion and Sim Aberson                       Takeoff  141845  UTC
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Mission ID WX06A ERIN            AVAPS Operators Rogers, Carpenter                                           Landing  224218  UTC
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| Drop    Sonde     Time    Lat    Lon  Surface   10m     MBL     BT     Location       Comments                                   |
|  #      ID #      (UTC)   (°N)  (°W) Pressure   Wind    Wind    SST    Comment                                                   |
|                                        (mb)     (kt)    (kt)   (°C)                                                              |
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|  1    003438024  155749  29.55  75.00 1019.6   95° 10  95° 11                         Southern end of cutoff, 20% cloud          |
|  2    990845048  163849  31.39  72.00 1019.9   90° 02  90° 02                         20% cloud                                  |
|  3    003155003  173023  34.18  68.10 1016.3  331° 18 330° 20         175 n.m. SW     Late launch detect, undercast,             |
|                                                                                       vvel=poor (3.07 m/s), late winds,          |
|                                                                                       late winds, possible pressure bias 2.7 mb  |
|  4    003135326  175850  34.26  65.08 1010.0  245° 38 240° 45         60 n.m. S, IP   Undercast, superadiabatic 981.6-1009.3 mb  |
|  5    003438051  181501  35.40  65.24  978.9  222° 76 225° 90         S Eyewall                                                  |
|  6    003438054  182407  35.67  65.40  968.9  275° 15 280° 16         Eye-center      Tempequil problem                          |
|  7    991018020  182818  35.91  65.50  976.1   35° 89  40° 91         N Eyewall       Last wind 17 m                             |
|  8    003115057  183843  36.71  65.41 1003.6   55° 45  60° 55         60 n.m. N;                                                 |
|                                                                       Rainband                                                   |
|  9    003338058  185741  35.81  66.86   N/A     N/A     N/A           60 n.m. W;      -2.5 mb bias; failed at 769 m              |
|                                                                       SW rainband                                                |
|  10   003438002  190309  35.72  66.82 1007.6  345° 47 345° 49         SW rainband     late launch; last wind 35 m                |
|  11   003115060  191649  34.84  65.63  973.1  315° 55 320° 69         WSW Eyewall                                                |
|  12   003115055  192331  35.84  65.44  968.2  170° 10 180° 09         Eye-center                                                 |
|  13   003115061  192810  35.89  65.12  975.6  120° 73 120° 85         ESE eyewall     GPS acq. too slow for FL interp.           |
|  14   003135044  193859  35.99  64.18 1005.5  145° 42 150° 56         60 n.m. E;                                                 |
|                                                                       E rainband                                                 |
|  15   003338013  200851  35.89  61.34 1017.5  170° 20 170° 20         4° E of center                                             |
|  16   003515028  205621  34.83  61.34 1020.5   70° 04  60° 04                         NE corner of pattern                       |
|  17   003515027  211756  39.83  63.68 1018.8   90° 13  90° 14         4° N of center                                             |
|  18   003338067  213808  39.83  66.01 1018.3   50° 16  55° 17                         10% cloud                                  |
|  19   003338010  215824  39.83  68.30 1018.3    N/A     N/A           4° NW of center Clear, lots of bad data/fast fall          |
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