N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Isidore                    Dropwindsonde Scientists Stan Goldenberg, Sean White
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Flight ID 020924N                Flight Director Jack Parrish                                  Takeoff from   KMCF   at   1730   UTC
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Mission ID 2810A ISIDORE         AVAPS Operators Dale Carpenter, Dave Brogan, Chris Hornbrook  Recovery  at   KMCF   at   0136   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    013215063  180404  25.08  84.80 1007.4    130°  30    7   150°  34     100% Ci; lost winds ~500 mb                         |
|  2    013248108  182416  23.23  83.12 1008.9    ---------   5   160°  24     100% Ci                                             |
|  3    020215345  184137  22.25  85.03 1006.0    150°  23    4   175°  41     100% Ci above/below                                 |
|  4    013635049  190026  20.04  85.04 1006.0    160°  24    4   190°  31     100% Ci                                             |
|  5    013635137  191737  19.16  86.93 1004.7    205°  21    7   215°  34     100% Ci below                                       |
|  6    013635041  193513  21.25  86.51 1002.0    180°  45    5   190°  48     Ci above, bkn below                                 |
|  7    013215138  194927  22.94  87.04  999.3    155°  36    4   170°  50     Ci below                                            |
|  8    013515033  200214  23.09  88.64  992.3    -------------   160°  35     Ovc below; late winds                               |
|  9    013635126  201853  24.94  87.62  999.1    -------------   150°  46     Stratus below                                       |
|  10   013635160  203307  25.00  89.50  995.0    155°  44    5   125°  31     Stratus below                                       |
|  11   013248102  204814  24.99  91.51  995.2    -------------    45°  22     Bkn stratus                                         |
|  12   013635125  210312  24.95  93.45  999.2      5°  32    8     5°  17     Sct stratocu                                        |
|  13   013635053  211642  23.46  94.00  998.5    350°  32    7   345°  27     Low stratocu                                        |
|  14   013635001  213012  21.95  94.48 1000.4    ---------   5   345°  28     100% Ci                                             |
|  15   013515032  215237  19.62  93.21 1002.6    295°  20    7   320°  24     100% Ci                                             |
|  16   013515029  220738  19.08  91.43 1001.7    256°  36    7   285°  29     100% Ci; RH2; intermittent winds 281-339 mb         |
|  17   013535133  224041  19.05  95.49 1005.7    326°  40    1   325°  23     100% Ci; RH2; set splash at record 1741 following   |
|                                                                              launch; noisy telemetry and intermittent winds      |
|                                                                              below 905 mb                                        |
|  18   013635250  225500  20.50  96.50 1006.1    314°  29    5   325°  18     Thin cirrus - 3 layers                              |
|  19   013215169  230930  22.00  97.45 1008.8    335°  26    7   320°  16     Clear below but strong winds at sfc; wind shift     |
|                                                                              around 500 mb                                       |
|  20   013248099  232531  23.82  96.67 1007.3    337°  31    7   325°  21     10% low, finger-bands                               |
|  21   020215333  234211  25.67  95.82 1005.7      3°  36    7   345°  16     100% low; dry above 700 mb; splash at record 1792   |
|                                                                              following launch                                    |
|  22   010715139  235826  27.47  94.93 1007.8     19°  36    7    10°  08     Multi-layer scattered below; splash at record 1679  |
|                                                                              following launch                                    |
|  23   020248012  001544  27.57  92.50 1005.1     39°  35    7    70°  14     100% low                                            |
|  24   013248115  003407  27.63  90.00 1004.6     65°  31    8   120°  24     Dark; RH2                                           |
|  25   011245041  005224  27.70  87.49 1007.8     80°  28    5   150°  34                                                         |
|  26   010715219  011028  27.77  84.98 1010.3     89°  18    5   160°  27     RH2                                                 |
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