N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm TD 9                     Dropwindsonde Scientists  Landsea, Lin, Hong
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Flight ID 020912N                Flight Director Jack Parrish, Paul Flaherty                   Takeoff from MACDILL  at   1735   UTC
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Mission ID 0309A CYCLONE         AVAPS Operators Hornbrook, Carpenter, Hill                    Recovery  at MACDILL  at   0205   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    003115030  182056  30.18  79.40  1014     244°  03   24   300°  10     10% Cb; 20 s winds in                               |
|  2    014415002  183607  31.00  77.00  1014     313°  05    5   300°  16     Thin cirrus below; 20 s winds in; winds spotty      |
|                                                                              after 660 s                                         |
|  3    013915072  185035  30.98  74.65  1014     257°  09    5   295°  20     5% Cb; 22 s winds in                                |
|  4    014515029  191042  28.55  74.59  ----     265°  23 931 mb 275°  20     Thick cirrus; good winds; sonde fail at 930 mb;     |
|                                                                              little bit of data at 914 mb                        |
|  5    013945120  192418  28.50  76.25  1015     288°  07    6   285°  14     Thick cirrus below; winds at 10 s; most bad data    |
|                                                                              over low levels                                     |
|  6    013945086  193824  28.43  77.94  1014     124°  07    5   280°  16     Thick cirrus                                        |
|  7    013968065  200445  25.12  78.01  1014      92°  14    7   220°  06     50% cirrus; late winds                              |
|  8    014335056  202718  24.22  80.59  1012     117°  05    4   220°  09     Thick cirrus; P bias -2.8 mb                        |
|  9    003815261  204708  23.50  83.00  1011     159°  11    5   200°  13     In thick cirrus cloud                               |
|  10   003825048  210736  22.75  85.52  1010     190°  17   11   205°  18     Thick cirrus cloud                                  |
|  11   003338038  212747  22.00  88.01  1009     140°  02    7   225°  11     Thick cirrus, 5% Cb; deep low-level moisture;       |
|                                                                              P bias -2.4 mb                                      |
|  12   003475055  215134  21.98  91.00  1008     356°  10    5   330°  09     Thin Ci below, 10% Cu                               |
|  13   013915086  221300  20.62  93.37  1007     322°  05    5   120°  01     Clear                                               |
|  14   013945115  223405  19.33  95.66  1007      38°  10    7    75°  02     10% Cu                                              |
|  15   013945164  225954  22.02  96.82  1007      54°  18    7    65°  07     Thick cirrus                                        |
|  16   013945082  232228  22.56  93.99  1008      80°  12    5    50°  06     Thick cirrus                                        |
|  17   013945102  234640  25.00  92.50  1009      15°  07    5    20°  12     10% Cu; very dry sounding; P bias -2.2 mb           |
|  18   014415033  001258  27.98  91.89  1009      47°  10    7    35°  11     Overcast Ci                                         |
|  19   013945078  003033  27.89  89.52  1008      42°  26    5    45°  19     Overcast Cu; missing winds from 150 to 450 s        |
|  19A  013945114  003612  27.20  89.50  1007      16°  25    7    30°  19     Overcast Cu                                         |
|  20   013945080  005322  25.16  89.40  1008     292°  15    8   355°  11     Dark; noisy GPS telemetry                           |
|  21A  994325182  010454  26.22  88.48  1006     297°  21    5   360°  14     Dark--very; rainband - SW side                      |
|  21   013915073  010752  26.50  88.25  1004     329°  17    4    15°  14     Dark--extremely                                     |
|  21B  013915074  011052  26.79  88.01  ----     -------------   --------     Dark--extremely; no data below 700 mb               |
|  22   994325086  012333  27.97  86.97  1008     125°  18    7   100°  16     Dark--extremely                                     |
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