N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Gustav                     Dropwindsonde Scientists Aberson, Liu, Lin
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Flight ID 020909N                Flight Director Parrish, Flaherty                             Takeoff from MACDILL  at   1726   UTC
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Mission ID 0308A EDOUARD         AVAPS Operators Hornbrook, Carpenter, Hill                    Recovery  at MACDILL  at  ~0300   UTC
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| 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)                                                                    |
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|  1    014335046  181956  30.08  76.54 1009.5    305°  26   10   315°  19     In CDO; wind gap 777-815 mb                         | 
|  2    003825038  184026  32.51  76.95 1007.4    345°  29   10    30°  26     In CDO                                              |
|  3    003248031  185639  34.00  75.50 1005.7     35°  29   10    80°  26     Just above cirrus; E of deep convection; spotty     |
|                                                                              winds 192-238 mb                                    |
|  4    014415007  191238  35.52  74.01 1009.6     75°  24   10   105°  28     Clear, congestus below, past deep Cu                |
|  5    003248032  192618  37.25  73.75 1014.5     50°  18   10   105°  20     Ci below, scattered Cb                              |
|  6    014415005  194010  38.96  73.41 1017.7     45°  09   10   115°  10                                                         |
|  7    014415034  195350  39.00  71.34 1017.4    -------------   --------     20% Cu, few Cb; P bias -2.9 mb; late winds only     |
|                                                                              between 569 and 610 mb                              |
|  7A   014415004  195738  38.73  71.00 1016.8     90°  13   10   120°  09     20% Cu, few Cb, P bias -2.5 mb                      |
|  8    014415001  201436  36.71  71.00 1014.3    100°  20   10   135°  17     StratoCu, Ci                                        |
|  9    003248041  203245  34.64  71.00 1012.0    140°  18   10   155°  25     30% Cu                                              |
|  10   014515104  205150  32.60  70.85 1011.4    175°  21   10   170°  32     20% Cu; P bias -2.6 mb                              |
|  11   014515052  211456  34.03  68.04 1015.4    170°  13   10   175°  10     Ci above, few Cu below; P bias -3.1 mb              |
|  12   014415028  213522  36.51  68.00 1015.3    125°  14   10   150°  07     Scattered Cu, ACu; P bias -2.6 mb                   |
|  13   014515030  215616  38.98  67.85 1017.8    150°  09   10   110°  06     Clear                                               |
|  14   003115031  221425  38.92  65.06 1017.7    215°  09   10   355°  03     Almost clear; P bias -2.4 mb                        |
|  15   014415012  222956  36.99  65.00 1018.0    170°  09   10   120°  02     10% Cu; P bias -2.7 mb                              |
|  16   014415032  224608  35.00  65.02 1017.7    160°  10   10   260°  03     Dark                                                |
|  17   003815260  230438  33.00  66.25 1016.7    160°  13   10   210°  07     Dark; P bias -2.7 mb                                |
|  18   003135051  232355  31.02  67.53 1016.2    190°  15   10   200°  15     Dark; P bias -2.1 mb; telemetry - PTH dropout       |
|                                                                              175-221 mb                                          |
|  18A  014415006  232545  30.94  67.77 1015.9    -------------   --------     Dark; format problem; winds dropped then came back  |
|  19   020835145  234008  30.50  69.67 1014.5    180°  15   10   190°  25     Dark; P bias -2.9 mb; no lower winds                |
|  20   003815206  235623  30.00  71.82 1012.2    200°  29   10   205°  27     Dark; P bias -2.4 mb                                |
|  21   003825052  001300  29.47  74.00 1010.4    230°  23   10   235°  23     Dark; P bias -2.4 mb                                |
|  22   014415024  003241  27.43  75.57 1012.8    250°  17   10   245°  11     P bias -2.8 mb                                      |
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