N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Isidore                    Dropwindsonde Scientists Sean White, Pay-Liam Lin
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Flight ID 020918N                Flight Director Paul Flaherty                                 Takeoff from MACDILL  at   1730   UTC
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Mission ID 0910A ISIDORE         AVAPS Operators Dave Brogan, Dale Carpenter                   Recovery  at MACDILL  at  ~0200   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    003338113  181214  24.99  79.00 1012.5     85°  10    5   140°  07     5% Cu, 10% Ac, little Ci, and Cb                    |
|  2    003338081  183055  22.83  78.15 1011.8    100°  18    5   110°  13     Less than 5% Cu, little Cb, 400-500 mb dry          |
|  3    003338056  184203  23.12  79.50 1010.7     90°  14    4   110°  12     Thin Ci, some Cu, Cb                                |
|  4    013968034  185422  23.50  81.01 1011.4     80°  10    7   120°  09     Clear, surrounded by thick Ci, some Cb              |
|  5    992525907  191237  23.45  83.32 1010.9     60°  13    5   100°  07     Scattered Ac, Cu less than 10%, thick cloud         |
|  6    984925070  193228  21.94  85.16 1009.9     35°  12    5   125°  06     Less than 10% Cu, some Cb far away; no winds from   |
|                                                                              866 to 982 mb                                       |
|  7    013915038  195355  20.12  83.44 1009.0     35°  09    4    60°  06     10% Cu                                              |
|  8    993925280  201153  21.90  82.05 1009.7    340°  18    8    90°  07     Clear, lefthand side 20% Cu, Cb                     |
|  9    013718059  202939  21.11  79.99 1008.8     90°  14    8    85°  14     Thin Ci, 80% Ac                                     |
|  10   993655165  204722  20.17  78.07 ------    143°  36 850 mb 120°  29     Thick Ci, overcast; turbulent; noisy GPS signal     |
|  11   984325375  210717  17.95  79.02 1007.3    178°  10    7   250°  14     In cloud, overcast, thick Ci                        |
|  12   993215056  212346   N/A    N/A  ------    -------------   --------     No launch detect--telemetry failed                  |
|  12A  013718056  212524  15.89  79.92 1008.2    180°  04    5   255°  08     Thick Ci; PTH flaky 810-960 mb; winds spotty        |
|                                                                              792-963 mb                                          |
|  13   013968035  214054  15.05  81.52 1007.9    320°  10    8   320°  03     Thick Ci                                            |
|  14   013718060  215831  16.09  83.52 1008.0    -------------   355°  02     Thin Ci, Scattered Cu                               |
|  15   003475010  221328  16.10  85.51 ------    -------------   345°  07     Clear, surrounded by Cu, Ac                         |
|  16   990108035  222845  16.27  87.32 ------    -------------   --------     Thin high Ci                                        |
|  17   993925300  224100   N/A    N/A  ------    -------------   --------     No launch detect--telemetry failed                  |
|  17A  990845199  224148  17.35  86.17 1009.0    -------------   335°  07     Sct Cu                                              |
|  18   013968033  225524  18.54  85.10 1009.0    -------------    75°  03     Sct low Cu                                          |
|  19   013718051  231305  20.03  86.72 1009.0     50°  11   11   155°  06     Noisy GPS signal first 1/2 of sounding              |
|  20   994315040  233121  22.22  86.62 1009.9     62°  12    5   135°  06     50% low Cu; no winds below 600 mb                   |
|  21   003338016  234949  22.24  89.01 1009.1     79°  10    8   140°  10     Dark                                                |
|  22   021925220  000833  22.34  91.46 1008.7    107°  09    7    80°  11     ""                                                  |
|  23   013718052  003249  25.19  91.43 1009.7    130°  13    8    95°  10     ""                                                  |
|  24   013718058  005016  25.25  89.24 1011.0    114°  14 1000mb  95°  11     ""                                                  |
|  25   984325486  010621  25.25  87.16 1011.4     95°  15    5   105°  10     ""; P bias -3.2 mb                                  |
|  26   003135309  012258  25.31  84.96 1011.5     80°  12    8   110°  08     ""                                                  |
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