N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Gustav                     Dropwindsonde Scientists Leighton, R. Black
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Flight ID 020911H                Flight Director T. Shepherd                                   Takeoff from PEASE AFBat   1612   UTC
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Mission ID WXWXA GUSTAV          AVAPS Operators Peek, Rogers                                  Recovery  at MACDILL  at   2029   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    003115119  165809  40.95  68.37                                                                                            |
|  2    003115106  171312  40.22  67.98                                 Inside SW                                                  |
|                                                                         Eyewall                                                  |
|  3    003828034  171948  39.79  68.17                                 SW Eyewall      Splash: 39.76°N, 68.14°W                   |
|  4    003115117  172457  39.45  68.33                                 SW Eyewall      Delayed launch detect 9s; splash: 39.41°N, |
|                                                                                       68.28°W                                    |
|  5    003115114  174559  39.47  67.82                                 SW Eyewall      Splash: 39.43°N, 67.75°W                   |
|  6    003148183  174803  39.47  67.52                                 S Eyewall       Delayed launch detect 31.5 s; late winds;  |
|                                                                                       splash: 39.45°N, 67.45°W                   |
|  7    003115113  180501  39.43  67.27                                 S Eyewall       Telemetry lost below 898 mb; no winds      |
|                                                                                       below 884 mb; splash: 39.43°N, 67.22°W     |
|  8    003148181  181638  39.71  67.30                                 S Eyewall       Splash: 39.68°N, 67.22°W                   |
|  9    003115122  183520  40.53  67.26                                    Eye          Delayed launch detect 17 s; splash:        |
|                                                                                       40.53°N, 67.26°W                           |
|  10   003148182  183650  40.53  67.36                                 SW Eyewall      Late winds; intermittent GPS signal;       |
|                                                                                       splash: 40.46°N, 67.29°W                   |
|  11   003115115  185150  40.49  67.33                                 SW Eyewall      Delayed launch detect 7 s; splash:         |
|                                                                                       40.45°N, 67.32°W                           |
|  12   003148187  185340  40.49  67.18                                 SW Eyewall      Delayed launch detect 6.5 s; splash:       |
|                                                                                       40.45°N, 67.14°W                           |
|  13   003148184  190955  40.44  67.07                                 SW Eyewall      Splash: 40.40°N, 67.02°W                   |
|  14   003115100  193942  39.89  65.30                                 SE Eyewall      Splash: 39.92°N, 65.28°W                   |
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