N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Isidore Dropwindsonde Scientists Sean White, Pay-Liam Lin -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 020922N Flight Director Paul Flaherty Takeoff from MACDILL at 1730 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 2210A ISIDORE AVAPS Operators Dale Carpenter, Dave Brogan Recovery at MACDILL at ~0200 UTC --------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 022945177 181321 29.00 77.50 1011.4 90° 06 5 10° 07 Scattered Cu less than 10%; P bias -2.1 mb | | 2 022945150 183223 29.75 75.00 1011.8 130° 07 5 15° 07 Thin Ci, few Cu | | 3 022945248 184835 29.75 72.75 1011.0 -------- 12 -------- Thick Ci, some Cu, Cb surrounding; fast fall-- | | no winds | | 3A 022945249 185050 29.75 72.43 ------ ------------- -------- Thick Ci, some Cu; No winds; weak elemetry below | | 849 mb; no PTH below 977 mb | | 4 022945019 190455 29.72 70.51 1013.1 190° 15 5 170° 23 Thick Ci | | 5 022945015 192623 28.12 68.62 1014.4 155° 14 5 165° 22 Thick Ci; P bias -2.6 mb | | 6 022945021 194653 26.47 66.86 1016.3 120° 09 7 180° 23 Thick Ci | | 7 022945013 200707 N/A N/A ------ ------------- -------- Thick Ci; FAILED--no launch record | | 7A 020248007 201005 24.88 69.09 1014.2 120° 09 4 180° 23 Thick Ci | | 8 022945254 202331 26.00 70.37 1014.0 160° 20 8 185° 18 Left side thick Ci, right side thin Ci & some Cu | | 9 013635092 203815 27.22 71.78 1012.7 160° 11 4 185° 16 20% Cu, some Cb | | 10 020215388 205307 27.12 73.76 1012.0 150° 10 4 310° 06 20% Cu, little Cb | | 11 022945018 210831 26.96 75.74 1011.2 140° 11 7 335° 09 10% Cu, scattered Cb, billow cloud | | 12 022928021 212308 25.45 76.90 1010.0 120° 14 5 345° 06 20% Cu, some Ac, thin Ci | | 13 020215334 214107 23.73 77.42 1008.5 98° 09 1000mb 300° 11 Thin Ci enclosed by thick Ci | | 14 022945016 214700 23.25 76.75 1009.7 100° 10 5 310° 12 Thin Ci enclosed by thick Ci | | 15 010715014 215713 22.57 75.48 1010.1 135° 16 7 240° 07 Thick Ci, some Cb; late winds | | 16 020215240 222130 24.45 73.23 1012.5 140° 17 5 280° 11 Dense Ac with some Cb | | 17 022815069 224207 22.51 71.10 1013.4 100° 18 8 225° 13 Overcast, thick As; winds missing 460-503 mb and | | 517-608 mb | | 18 020215054 225849 21.11 72.62 1011.3 120° 16 6 210° 07 Overcast As, Cs, some Cb; winds missing 182-228 mb | | 19 022945247 231742 19.83 74.44 1010.9 110° 15 5 295° 12 Dark, overcast, lefthand side lightning; P bias | | -2.8 mb | | 20 020215385 233040 19.75 75.93 1011.2 165° 11 5 300° 08 Dark | | 21 022945178 234357 19.76 77.51 1009.5 120° 21 5 355° 01 Dark | | 22 010715099 235651 20.50 78.70 1008.6 140° 19 5 195° 06 Dark; bad T and H! | | 23 022945246 000951 21.24 80.00 1009.2 130° 16 5 185° 10 Dark | | 24 022945023 003008 21.37 82.52 1005.2 165° 17 4 190° 22 Dark | | 25 022945251 005005 21.55 85.02 1002.2 -------- 8 -------- Dark; no winds | | 26 022945253 010657 23.50 85.05 1003.5 115° 20 7 115° 17 Dark | | 27 020215339 012357 25.50 85.00 1006.8 90° 20 7 100° 15 Dark | | 28 020248010 014036 27.47 84.92 1009.0 50° 20 7 80° 07 Dark | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+