N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Isidore                    Dropwindsonde Scientists Sean White, Hugh Willoughby, Jing-Shan Hong
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Flight ID 020920N                Flight Director Paul Flaherty                                 Takeoff from MACDILL  at   1726   UTC
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Mission ID 1610A ISIDORE         AVAPS Operators Dale Carpenter, Dave Brogan                   Recovery  at MACDILL  at   0121   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    004255173  180048  24.99  83.49 1008.0    125°  25    8   185°  06     Low Cu; next to cell                                |
|  2    021925229  180816  24.37  82.75 1007.1    --------   14   105°  26     Thin CirroSt at f/l, low Cu; fast fall--no winds;   |
|                                                                              did not backup                                      |
|  3    011245328  182143  23.29  81.43 1007.4    138°  25    7   145°  30     Occasional brief wind dropouts above 471 mb         |
|  4    010715101  184050  23.89  78.89 1010.4    130°  12    5   130°  13                                                         |
|  5    011218103  190014  21.99  76.98 1009.6    104°  13    8   125°  12                                                         |
|  6    021925132  191150  21.25  75.50 1010.6    --------    5   265°  05     Undercast                                           |
|  7    021925223  192837  19.79  74.09 1010.7    166°  05    7   160°  06     Low Cu and haze at f/l; late winds                  |
|  8    021925225  194540  19.74  76.00 1010.5    152°  10    7   150°  10     Undercast to just below f/l                         |
|  9    010748027  200231  19.76  78.01 1009.7     82°  08    8   120°  09     In cloud extending just above f/l                   |
|  10   011218102  201858  20.62  79.76 1008.5    163°  27    7   165°  32     Undercast just below f/l                            |
|  11   021925049  203520  21.43  81.58 1004.9    --------    9   185°  23     Undercast to f/l                                    |
|  12   010715035  205417  19.94  83.42 1002.5    190°  28    8   240°  26     In cloud; late winds; no winds 733-856 mb           |
|  13   021735244  210752  18.50  82.50 1005.1    --------    7   170°  27     Featureless undercast                               |
|  14   003825248  212135  17.03  81.65 1006.4    153°  24    5   235°  09     At top of cloud                                     |
|  15   011245333  213532  16.99  83.37 1005.3    156°  18    7   160°  18     Undercast                                           |
|  16   011218104  215038  17.09  85.25 1004.2    232°  01    8   280°  11     Undercast                                           |
|  17   010715020  221008  19.25  85.87 1003.0    240°  12    8   290°  17     Undercast                                           |
|  18   010715100  222957  21.50  86.50 1001.8    337°  23    8   340°  20     Undercast                                           |
|  19   010748019  224438  22.99  87.54 1003.4    --------    8    15°  20     Undercast                                           |
|  20   020615272  225943  23.44  89.54 1005.0    --------    8    90°  11     Scattered low Cu                                    |
|  21   000345655  232359  21.68  91.98 1006.0    --------    8   325°  12     Scattered low Cu; no winds below 908 mb             |
|  22   010748021  233744  23.32  92.00 1005.8     15°  11    8    60°  11     Scattered low Cu                                    |
|  23   004255172  235307  25.17  92.00 1006.8     25°  10    7    75°  07     Scattered low Cu                                    |
|  24   010748018  000819  26.97  91.20 1007.4     10°  03    8     CALM       Loss many wind obs; the DLM is not reliable         |
|  25   004255162  002746  27.28  89.50 1008.1     65°  07    4   120°  06     Dark; late winds 112.5 s                            |
|  26   021925250  003913  25.99  89.39 1007.5     43°  12    7    55°  12     Dark                                                |
|  27   021925039  005715  25.57  87.08 1006.8     74°  22    5    75°  25     Dark                                                |
|  28   020615236  011307  27.47  86.69 1008.8    100°  16    4   --------     Dark                                                |
|  29   011218107  012656  27.50  84.99 1009.1    102°  14    5   --------     Dark; late winds 77.5 s; intermittent winds         |
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