HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Humberto                   Flight Director Jack Parrish
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Flight ID 010924N                Dropwindsonde Scientists Sim Aberson, Paul Reasor                           Takeoff   1740   UTC
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Mission ID 0710A Humberto        AVAPS Operators Hornbrook, Macnamara, Lino                                  Landing    0155   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    003248048  181215  30.50  79.50 1013.6  225° 16 230° 16                         Cirrus, Near convection                    |
|  2    003248073  183809  32.48  76.49 1013.6  175° 20 175° 22                         Nearly convective cell, cirrus             |
|  3    003248113  185311  32.60  74.26 1014.7  175° 12 180° 14                         30% Cu                                     |
|  4    003115070  190738  32.76  72.16 1016.0  165° 08 170° 08                         20% Cu                                     |
|  5    003248112  192134  34.35  72.75 1014.5  170° 11 175° 11                         10% Cu, P bias -2.1 mb                     |
|  6    003155043  193544  35.98  73.44 ------  ------- -------                         5% Cu, stopped transmitting 800 mb         |
|  7    003248111  194934  37.65  72.77 1013.9  145° 11 145° 11                         5% Cu                                      |
|  8    003515051  200251  39.30  72.09 1013.5  140° 15 145° 15                         10% Cu, superadiabatic 1013-982 mb         |
|  9    003248110  201632  40.15  69.98 1015.7   90° 12  85° 12        Data at 0.6,     StratCu, 5% Cu, very cold at sfc           |
|                                                                      0.4 s intervals,                                            |
|                                                                      manually edited                                             |
|  10   003155037  202934  40.96  67.90 1017.5   60° 09  80° 11                         StratCu, P bias -2.2 mb                    |
|  11   003155050  204355  40.15  65.80 1017.0   70° 13  75° 12                         Cirrus, P bias -2.4 mb                     |
|  12   003115066  205740  39.29  63.74 1016.7  120° 13 120° 15                         Cirrus, P bias -2.1 mb                     |
|  13   003115067  211238  37.58  63.00 1014.6  115° 27 120° 29        Data at 0.6,     Cirrus, spiral bands                       |
|                                                                      0.4 s intervals,                                            |
|                                                                      manually edited                                             |
|  14   003115071  212655  36.00  62.34 1015.1  155° 31 155° 32                         Cirrus, spiral bands                       |
|  15   003115431  215122  33.15  62.38 1018.0  185° 12 190° 14                         Thin cirrus, spiral bands, P bias -2.8 mb  |
|  16   003115069  221539  30.31  62.43 1018.4  165° 07 165° 07                         10% Cu                                     |
|  17   003115432  223838  27.57  62.55 1018.5  145° 03 135° 03                         30% Cu, some congetus, P bias -2.2 mb      |
|  18   003115385  225624  27.50  65.00 1018.1   95° 02  90° 03                         Sunset, P bias -2.4 mb                     |
|  19   003135183  231447  27.56  67.45 1017.0  115° 08 125° 08                         P bias -2.4 mb                             |
|  20   003248109  234232  30.90  67.95 1017.5  160° 6  160° 05                         P bias -2.7 mb                             |
|  21   003115433  235835  30.25  69.95 1015.9  ------- -------                         Fast fall, no winds, P bias -2.8 mb, not   |
|                                                                                       sent because Psfc too low                  |
|  21A  003338047  000023  30.17  70.18 1017.8  145° 08 145° 09                         944-970 mb superadiabatic, P bias -2.4 mb  |
|  22   003155042  001505  29.50  72.00 1017.1  160° 10 160° 12                         P bias -2.9 mb                             |
|  23   003115244  003445  29.08  74.62 1016.1  150° 16 155° 17                         P bias -2.7 mb                             |
|  24   003515040  005442  28.70  77.22 1014.1  160° 13 165° 13                         Lightning distance                         |
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