N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Isidore                    Dropwindsonde Scientists M. Black
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Flight ID 020919H                Flight Director Tom Shepherd                                  Takeoff from MACDILL  at   1625   UTC
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Mission ID WXWXA ISIDORE         AVAPS Operators George Gonzalez                               Recovery  at MACDILL  at  ~0030   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    003825231  181536  21.55  81.01 ------    -------------  ----   Rainband        Cloudy, no winds                           |
|  2    020215242  181826  21.41  81.11 1005.0    120°  20   10  30.1                   Clouds, Backup BT                          |
|  3    003515153  182434  21.09  81.36 1002.7    122°  40    7  30.0                   Clouds, BT                                 |
|  4    003825236  183221  20.69  81.67  993.4     82°  57    8  ----   NE Eyewall      60 kts sfc                                 |
|  5    003825286  183549  20.48  81.80  986.1    -------------  ----     ~Eye          No Winds                                   |
|  6    020215449  183833  20.28  81.96  994.7                   29.7   SW Eyewall      BT, delayed launch detect 32 s; late winds |
|  7    003515024  184314  20.07  82.12  999.3    280°  25   10  29.5                   BT                                         |
|  8    003825024  185208  19.60  82.47 ------                   ----                   No winds                                   |
|  9    003825246  185543  19.42  82.60 ------                   29.7                   Bad sonde                                  |
|  10   010715189  192802  19.03  81.08 1005.3    210°  27    5  29.2                   W-E leg; late winds                        |
|  11   003838002  193508  19.06  80.58 1007.1    183°  24    5  29.8                   W-E leg #2; late winds; intermittent winds |
|  12   022615153  200554  19.89  80.81 1004.4    192°  33    8  29.7                   80 mi SE                                   |
|  13   003825242  201407  20.14  81.50                                                 40 mi SE                                   |
|  14   020215338  202254  20.51  81.79                                 SE Eyewall                                                 |
|  15   020215335  202400  20.57  81.85                                 SE Eyewall                                                 |
|  16   022918058  202739  20.79  82.05                                                                                            |
|  17   020248005  204305  21.24  83.09                                                                                            |
|  18   020215312  211926  19.21  81.85                                                 Late winds                                 |
|  19   003825230  214423  20.08  82.02  997.5                                                                                     |
|  20   020215051  215433  20.76  82.06  987.5     55°  76   14  29.9   NE Eyewall      Late and intermittent winds                |
|  21   020215337  215549  20.85  82.08  993.7     68°  36    8  29.9   N Eyewall                                                  |
|  22   020215350  222100  20.61  82.11  980.4     30°  05                 Eye                                                     |
|  23   020215052  223638  20.78  82.22                                 NW Eyewall      No winds                                   |
|  24   020215243  223803  20.77  82.16                                 N Eyewall                                                  |
|  25   020215050  224410  20.78  82.09  985.0     10°  17    7         N Eyewall                                                  |
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