N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Isidore                    Dropwindsonde Scientists Gamache/Dodge
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Flight ID 020925I                Flight Director B. Damiano                                    Takeoff from MACDILL  at   2230   UTC
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Mission ID 3110A ISIDORE         AVAPS Operators R. Tong, D. San Souci                         Recovery  at MACDILL  at  075943  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    984715169  000551  27.67  90.25  989.5     95°  08   10          Center         At circ. center; .2 mb diff. hydro. sfc. P |
|                                                                                       vs. splash                                 |
|  2    011838009  014646  29.25  88.20  996.7    119°  40    8  28.1                   Near buoy 42040; combo drop with BT        |
|  3    021735094  020845  30.06  87.05 1001.9    118°  42    8                                                                    |
|  4    022918046  021514  30.07  87.67                                                 Sondus interruptus at 52 s--sonde operator |
|                                                                                       accidentally terminated drop while in      |
|                                                                                       transit by setting next sonde at the same  |
|                                                                                       frequency--no winds                        |
|  5    021735226  021829  30.07  87.97   999     120°  40   10                                                                    |
|  6    993925231  022219  30.08  88.32                                                 Delayed launch detect 7 s; intermittent    |
|                                                                                       winds; no winds below 924 mb               |
|  7    022918061  023053  30.00  89.05                                                 No winds                                   |
|  8    022945191  024832  28.90  89.48                                                 No winds                                   |
|  9    011838026  025044  28.80  89.64   999     114°  30    8  28.3                   Delayed launch detect 11.5 s; late winds;  |
|                                                                                       winds came back                            |
|  10   022918057  030743  28.45  90.65  988.1     70°  20    8                         Good sonde just N of storm fix             |
|  11   993818040  040229  26.07  89.93                                                 No launch detect--FAILED                   |
|  12   011115068  040343  26.15  89.88  997.4                                          Good sonde                                 |
|  13   021735078  050502  30.17  87.15                                                 1st sonde in E-W string; ended at 850 mb   |
|  14   020615260  051055  30.15  87.67                                                 No winds                                   |
|  15   020615293  051328  30.13  78.88                                                 Late winds at 87 s for ~ 20 s              |
|  16   011115053  051833  30.13  88.33                                                 No winds                                   |
|  17   020615299  052635  30.08  89.02                                                 No winds                                   |
|  18   020215227  055800  28.93  90.98                                                 W of center; unsure of how to select sfc   |
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