N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Edouard                    Dropwindsonde Scientists Goldenberg/Dodge
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Flight ID 020903H                Flight Director Tom Shepherd                                  Takeoff from MACDILL  at   1731   UTC
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Mission ID WXWXA EDOUARD         AVAPS Operators Barr/Rogers                                   Recovery  at MACDILL  at   2347   UTC
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| Drop    Sonde     Time    Lat    Lon  Surface   Wind closet     BT     Eye,           Comments                                   |
|  #      ID #      (UTC)   (°N)  (°W) Pressure   to surface      SST    Eyewall,                                                  |
|                                        (mb)     dir/spd   hgt  (°C)    Rainband                                                  |
|                                                 (kt)      (m)          (direction)                                               |
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|  1    003815265  182854  29.93  79.50 1009.7      7°  36    5                         Low Cu; wrong pre-launch altitude info.    |
|                                                                                       entered; crazy hyrostatic prs. sfc value;  |
|                                                                                       just N of center; winds flaky?             |
|  2    003825039  184909  29.92  78.48 1016.8    104°  12    8                         Weak telemetry; bad sfc prs.; spotty winds |
|  3    003825053  185100  29.92  77.92 1012.5    127°  41    5                         Used hydrostatic sfc. prs.; freefall; RH2  |
|  4    003718073  185126  29.92  77.88 1013.4    136°  38    8                         Freefall                                   |
|  5    003825051  185146  29.92  77.87                                                 Freefall; lightning; weak-bad telemetry    |
|                                                                                       first 45 s of sounding                     |
|  6    003815264  185206  29.92  77.83                                                 Freefall; late winds                       |
|  7    003248028  185227  29.92  77.80                                                 Freefall; brief GPS signal dropouts        |
|  8    003825041  185245  29.90  77.78                                                 Freefall                                   |
|  9    003825056  185446  29.90  77.65 1012.4    144°  28    8                         RH2                                        |
|  10   003115003  190645  30.38  78.03 1013.2    141°  32    5                         Freefall                                   |
|  11   003115008  191231  30.65  78.45 1012.4    115°  24    7                         Freefall                                   |
|  12   003115012  191907  30.93  78.88 1013.3     78°  30    4                                                                    |
|  13   003718068  193543  30.28  79.18 1010.8     66°  34    7                                                                    |
|  14   003115002  194833   N/A    N/A                                                  No launch detect - no winds                |
|  15   003718067  200435  29.28  78.72 1009.8    --------  ---                         No winds; start of 43's stair-step pattern |
|  16   003115025  200626  29.20  78.63 1011.0    210°  24    5                         Start of stair-step; -3.7 mb pres. bias    |
|  17   003115017  201205  28.97  78.51 1012.2                                          Clear below; 5.1 mb pres. bias             |
|  18   003825043  202931  29.59  78.35 1015.6    178°  28    5                                                                    |
|  19   003718075  205559  29.70  77.46 1013.4    163°  20    8                         In convection; -3 mb pres. bias; splash:   |
|                                                                                       29.72°N, 77.46°W                           |
|  20   003718076  211407  30.03  77.22 1015.5    155°  22    7                         Splash: 30.06°N, 77.23°W                   |
|  21   003115007  213222  30.18  77.34 1015.4    152°  24    8                         -3.8 mb pres. bias; splash: 30.20°N,       |
|                                                                                       77.35°W                                    |
|  22   003115015  214212  30.12  77.50 1014.4    184°   8    8                         -4.3 mb pres. bias; splash: 30.14°N,       |
                                                                                        77.51°W                                    |
|  23   003718074  222611  30.49  79.32 1011.1     49°  25    4                         BT combo drop                              |
|  24   003115006  223230  30.72  79.52 1012.4     56°  22    7                         BT combo drop                              |
|  25   003115018  225049  30.24  80.03 1011.4     10°  17    7                         BT combo drop                              |
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