N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Edouard Dropwindsonde Scientists Aberson, Lin, Liu -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 020903N Flight Director Parrish Takeoff from MACDILL at 1730 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 0805A EDOUARD AVAPS Operators Carpenter, Goldstein, Hornbrook Recovery at MACDILL at 0215 UTC --------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Drop Sonde Time Lat Lon Surface Wind closet DLM Comments | | # ID # (UTC) (°N) (°W) Pressure to surface wind | | (mb) dir/spd hgt (kt) | | (kt) (m) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 012025033 180334 29.77 79.96 1012.4 355° 22 10 360° 20 SW of center; spotty winds; -2.3 mb P bias; very | | late winds | | 2 003135304 180433 29.82 79.84 1011.6 360° 21 10 350° 19 SW of center | | 3 011378022 180737 30.01 79.47 ------ ------------- -------- W of center; P missing due to operator error | | 4 012025026 180842 30.08 79.25 1009.5 20° 28 10 20° 20 W of center; P bias -2.0 mb | | 5 012025027 181045 30.35 79.32 1009.4 55° 32 10 40° 08 W of center; P bias -2.8 mb | | 6 011378219 181401 30.37 78.95 ------ ------------- -------- N of center; spotty data; no data below 837 mb | | 7 012025031 181652 30.41 78.59 1011.1 105° 35 10 85° 13 Rainband; P bias -2.1 mb; late winds | | 8 012025029 183826 32.99 77.50 1017.8 140° 17 10 55° 04 Outer curved bands; spotty data from 290-386 mb and | | 518-631 mb | | 9 011378127 190443 35.50 75.00 1018.2 5° 06 10 295° 13 Clear | | 10 011335053 192336 37.47 73.44 1017.7 285° 08 10 295° 08 High cirrus; 10% Cu; late winds, replaced; -2.1 mb | | P bias | | 10A 994015017 192539 37.30 73.24 1017.6 300° 06 10 285° 15 High cirrus; 10% Cu; -2.2 mb P bias | | 11 012025030 194103 35.50 73.75 1017.4 320° 03 10 295° 14 Clear; -2.2 mb P bias | | 12 011245197 195720 33.49 74.03 1017.0 75° 08 10 345° 04 25% Cu | | 13 011335059 201114 32.23 75.27 1016.0 320° 08 110 45° 04 Few low Scu; PTH flaky and spotty winds below | | 873 mb to EOD | | 14 011378153 202517 31.00 76.50 1015.4 110° 14 10 105° 03 Before soup; 20% Cu | | 15 011345111 204921 28.49 78.01 1012.9 175° 18 10 270° 14 After soup; near TCu; Delayed launch detect 5.5 s | | 16 012025032 210916 26.90 79.90 1013.7 220° 09 10 300° 08 Cirrus; superadiabatic layer 170-183 mb | | 17 012025024 213040 25.17 82.00 1013.3 115° 04 10 65° 04 Some stratocu below and some cirrus | | 18 013945113 215053 23.50 84.01 1012.8 50° 04 10 65° 07 20% Cu below; P bias -2.4 mb; superadiabatic layer | | 158-173 mb | | 19 003815267 220902 22.62 86.25 1012.6 55° 03 10 65° 07 10-20% Cu below; late winds; P bias -2.2 mb | | 20 003115032 222842 21.89 88.64 1012.8 140° 12 10 95° 06 80% Ci; delayed launch detect 4.5 s | | 21 003115034 224745 23.51 90.32 1012.5 315° 04 10 170° 09 90% Ci; mean GPS VVEL error = 0.25 m/s | | 22 003815269 230806 25.25 92.17 1011.4 245° 05 10 155° 08 100% Ci | | 23 003115037 232737 27.06 93.85 1012.0 115° 12 10 175° 08 80% Ci; P bias -2.1 mb; flaky PTH and no winds from | | 705 to 758 mb | | 24 003815262 223910 27.74 92.48 1012.5 125° 14 10 175° 09 100% Cs; P bias -2.3 mb | | 25 003815268 235400 27.75 90.49 1012.4 95° 15 10 170° 09 100% Cs; P bias -2.1 mb | | 26 012025028 000833 27.75 88.49 1013.7 90° 14 10 160° 03 ACu below; P bias -2.2 mb | | 27 011378025 002321 27.55 86.69 1014.2 85° 11 10 335° 01 ACu below | | 28 003825049 005047 25.01 88.79 1013.8 95° 12 10 140° 06 Dark; P bias -2.5 mb | | 29 013945118 011224 25.01 85.99 1014.1 115° 06 10 70° 07 Dark; P bias -2.9 mb | | 30 011378018 013045 26.01 84.00 1014.4 70° 07 10 45° 07 Dark | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+