HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm T.S. Gabrielle             Flight Director Tom Shepherd
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Flight ID 010915H                Dropwindsonde Scientists P. Dodge, M. Black, M. Eastin, G. Barnes           Takeoff  175841  UTC
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Mission ID WX08A Gabrielle       AVAPS Operators Sean McMillan                                               Landing  011806  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    003338014  185912  29.83  79.22 1000.8   25° 11  10° 15          Center                                                    |
|  2    003155019  190821  29.83  79.72 1000.2  340° 08 335° 06  28.5                   50 m mixed layer                           |
|  3    003155017  191327  29.85  79.23  999.5  235° 12 240° 11  28.5                                                              |
|  4    003438008  191845  29.85  79.67  999.2  185° 25 190° 30  28.0                                                              |
|  5    003135133  192750  29.85  79.88 1002.4  185° 32 185° 38  28.2                                                              |
|  6    003248075  200827  32.29  79.00  1009    30° 45  35° 48  27.5   Rainband        N point                                    |
|  7    003338080  202136  31.53  78.87  1005    30° 35  40° 45  28.0   Rainband        Stratiform rain                            |
|  8    003135351  202713  31.13  78.80  1003    25° 39  25° 49  28.0   Rainband        Convective cell                            |
|  9    003115222  203304  30.72  78.92  1001    20° 33  25° 33  28.0   Rainband        RH2                                        |
|  10   003155016  203610  30.49  78.91  1001    35° 25  30° 28  28.4      Eye          Shallow CC                                 |
|  11   003115212  204026  30.16  78.16  1001    20° 14  20° 18                                                                    |
|  12   003155021  204540  29.75  78.75 1000.5  315° 14 325° 13                         Shallow Cu                                 |
|  13   003135041  205053  29.33  78.84 1001.3  280° 20 280° 19                         Clear south side                           |
|  14   003135006  205959  28.54  78.90  1003   270° 20 275° 22  29.0                   Clear                                      |
|  15   003338006  212334  29.42  76.77  1003   215° 40 205° 43  ----                                                              |
|  16   003135344  213303  29.92  77.35  999.9  210° 21 215° 27  28.0                                                              |
|  17   003135112  213848  30.21  77.76  1000   230° 14 230° 14                         PSBL P bias 2 mb?                          |
|  18   003438011  214248  30.45  77.98  1001    40° 14  30° 13                         Has very high winds                        |
|  19   003115248  214800  30.62  78.36  1000    30° 25  35° 25          Center                                                    |
|  20   003135102  215231  30.84  78.68  1003    20° 33  25° 38                                                                    |
|  21   993925341  215808  31.12  79.07  1005   -------  35° 47  ----                   Next to conv. cell                         |
|  21A  994315055  220334  31.39  79.44   N/A     N/A     N/A    ----                                                              |
|  22   990148034  221338  31.84  80.11  1011    25° 38  15° 41                         Stratiform                                 |
|  23   994335226  222722  30.76  80.60  1008     5° 40  15° 46                                                                    |
|  24   994015018  224006  30.77  79.55  1005    20° 40  20° 46                                                                    |
|  25   990435491  224748  30.48  79.01  1003    15° 35  20° 46                         24 s delay in launch det.                  |
|  26   993915100  225854  36.68  78.18  1000    35° 31  40° 38          Center                                                    |
|  27   994325196  234857  31.60  77.10  1003    50° 48  50° 50  28.5   Rainband        Conv. complex                              |
|  28   994015026  235441  31.47  77.41 1001.4   30° 39  40° 52         Rainband                                                   |
|  29   011218036  000053  31.07  77.61 1000.2   25° 27  35° 30  28.0                                                              |
|  30   993925188  001137  30.53  78.17  1000    25° 36  30° 41         Near Center                                                |
|  31   990845101  001632  30.29  78.51  1001     5° 34  10° 36         Rainband                                                   |
|  32   993925181  002138  30.05  78.88  1003     5° 30   5° 44         Rainband                                                   |
|  33   992515721  003103  29.59  79.56  1007   360° 31   5° 36            FP                                                      |
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