HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Michelle Flight Director Tom Shepherd -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 011104H1 Dropwindsonde Scientists Takeoff 1008 UTC ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- ---------- Mission ID 1515A Michelle AVAPS Operators Delgado Landing 1847 UTC --------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Drop Sonde Time Lat Lon Surface 10m MBL BT Location Comments | | # ID # (UTC) (°N) (°W) Pressure Wind Wind SST Comment | | (mb) (kt) (kt) (°C) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 011335082 115412 20.92 82.50 961 ------- ------- N/A N eyewall RH failed below 756 mb; | | No winds below 880 mb | | 2 011245456 115708 20.73 82.55 947 155° 35 155° 37 N/A Eye Late launch detect 5.0 s; late winds; | | Initially noisy GPS telemetry | | 3 003135138 120503 20.32 82.95 ------ ------- ------- Failure - sonde stuck in chute | | 4 003135058 131219 20.49 81.99 979 ------- 195° 97 N/A SE eyewall | | 5 003115397 132032 20.85 82.40 950 275° 12 280° 11 N/A Eye | | 6 003115394 132603 21.10 82.69 973 345° 96 335°113 N/A NW eyewall Late launch detect 11.0 s | | 7 003115443 142251 20.89 82.61 972 ------- ------- N/A W eyewall Occasional intermittent winds; | | Last wind 25 m; late launch detect 5.0 s | | 8 003115396 142833 21.05 82.25 950 30° 07 15° 10 N/A Eye Late launch detect 3.5 s; late winds | | 9 002428045 143804 21.07 81.62 982 125° 78 135° 92 N/A E eyewall Late launch detect 10.5 s | | 10 003115217 153143 21.45 81.86 ------ 80°114 85°118 N/A NE eyewall | | 11 002428047 153726 21.22 82.16 950 ------- 70° 06 Eye Last wind 190 m | | 12 003135039 154225 20.94 82.35 970 ------- 300°130 N/A SW eyewall Late launch detect 3.5 s; last winds 16 m | | 13 003115413 170356 20.90 82.07 983 255° 77 275° 87 S eyewall | | 14 003115404 171346 21.49 81.98 949 ------- 130° 11 N/A Eye Late winds; weak telemetry | | 15 003135273 171919 21.88 81.95 975 35° 89 40° 97 N/A N eyewall | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+