N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Isidore                    Dropwindsonde Scientists P. Dodge
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Flight ID 020921I                Flight Director B. Damiano                                    Takeoff from MACDILL  at  170150   UTC
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Mission ID WXWXA ISIDORE         AVAPS Operators D. San Souci, R. Tong                         Recovery  at MACDILL  at   0201    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    011115037  182450  22.94  84.67  1004     -------------                         MBL wind 130° 84 kt                        |
|  2    020615317  184505  22.26  85.82   983     111°  74   21         Rainband        Late winds                                 |
|  3    020615028  185352  21.78  86.13  959.3    250°  95   54         Eyewall         Inner Edge has large updrafts/downdrafts;  |
|                                                                                       intermittent winds                         |
|  4    021735051  185439  21.73  86.13   968     241°  86   32         Eyewall                                                    |
|  5    021735076  192623  20.07  86.15  999.7    228°  26   12                                                                    |
|  6    011218100  194116  21.00  86.16   994     250°  42   20                                                                    |
|  7    000345655  195329  21.76  86.15   966     237°  90   71         S Eyewall       Used hydrostatic sfc pressure              |
|  8    020615047  195401  21.80  86.15 ------    228°  80   39         S Inner         Wind gaps near end of drop                 |
|                                                                         Eyewall                                                  |
|  9    020615254  200039  22.21  86.13   964      55°  76   14         N Inner                                                    |
|                                                                         Eyewall                                                  |
|  10   020615026  201232  22.98  86.12  994.5     87°  40    9                         Possible P bias -4.1 mb                    |
|  11   011838027  203026  24.02  86.20  1000      88°  34    9                                                                    |
|  12   020248017  210043  22.86  87.98 ------    -------------                         Launch detect f.u.?                        |
|  13   011245330  211520  22.46  87.14 ------     21°  36   19                                                                    |
|  14   011838025  212840  22.11  86.37   955     346°  97   17         W Eyewall                                                  |
|  15   020165033  214024  22.02  86.08   955     160°  97   11         E Eyewall                                                  |
|  16   022918050  214107  22.00  86.03   962     145°  82    1         E Eyewall       Large parachute                            |
|  17   020615314  214123  21.98  86.02   965     166°  84   19         E Eyewall       Sonde displaced 13 km at splash            |
|  18   021735055  215438  21.56  85.32   994     191°  34    8                         RH2?                                       |
|  19   010748076  221609  21.17  84.70   999     162°  30   10                                                                    |
|  20   021735229  002644  22.20  86.67   950       8°  60   18         NW Eyewall                                                 |
|  21   011115051  003128  22.27  86.42   958     107°  88   35         NE Eyewall                                                 |
|  22   990935136  003137  22.34  86.37 ------    -------------         NE Eyewall      Delayed launch detect 68 s; fast fall--    |
|                                                                                       no winds; large parachute                  |
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