N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Gustav                     Dropwindsonde Scientists Leighton, R. Black
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Flight ID 020910H                Flight Director T. Shepherd                                   Takeoff from MACDILL  at   N/A    UTC
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Mission ID WXWXA GUSTAV          AVAPS Operators Peek, Rogers                                  Recovery  at MACDILL  at   N/A    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    013945073  161131  33.66  75.72                                                                                            |
|  2    020615253  163456  35.22  75.06                                                                                            |
|  3    020615042  164456   N/A    N/A                                                  No launch detect; no winds; no PTH below   |
|                                                                                       947 mb                                     |
|  3A   020615295  164529  35.90  74.76                                                                                            |
|  4    020615257  164909  36.11  74.67                                                                                            |
|  5    020615045  171712  35.94  74.70                                                                                            |
|  6    013968102  171825  36.01  74.67                                                                                            |
|  7    020615300  174335  35.86  74.73                                                                                            |
|  8    020615043  174625  35.73  74.87                                                                                            |
|  9    020615271  175936  35.13  75.54                                 Center?                                                    |
|  10   020615262  184349  34.12  75.92                                                                                            |
|  11   020615041  184432  34.16  75.91                                                 Intermittent telemetry and GPS signal      |
|  12   020615301  184605  34.24  75.88                                                 Delayed launch detect 3.5 s; occasional    |
|                                                                                       GPS dropouts                               |
|  13   020215272  184833  34.37  75.84                                                                                            |
|  14   020615303  190408  34.14  75.85                                                 Delayed launch detect 7.5 s                |
|  15   020215268  192001  34.22  75.67                                                                                            |
|  16   020215088  193212  34.16  75.60                                                                                            |
|  17   020615294  200117   N/A    N/A                                                  No launch detect; no winds                 |
|  17A  020615049  200211  34.69  76.10                                                                                            |
|  18   020215183  201817  35.30  75.36                                 Center?                                                    |
|  19   003115013  203818  36.32  74.85                                                 Late winds; occasional GPS dropouts        |
|  20   003115123  204302  36.60  75.04                                                 Intermittent winds                         |
|  21   003828036  204351  36.66  75.08                                                 Delayed launch detect 8.5 s; no winds      |
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