N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Lili                       Dropwindsonde Scientists White/Goldenberg
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Flight ID 020925N                Flight Director Paul Flaherty/Jack Parrish                    Takeoff from   KCMF   at   1728   UTC
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Mission ID 0613A LILI            AVAPS Operators Dave Brogan/Chris Hornbrook/Al Goldstein      Recovery  atST. CROIX at   0110   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    010748112  185223  21.49  76.00 1011.0     99°  18    8    60°  18     2% below; RH2; late winds; winds missing from       |
|                                                                              340-870 mb; discard winds 240-280 s                 |
|  1A   010715135  185805  21.14  75.39 ------    -------------   --------     1% below; ~30 s of late and flaky winds             |
|  1B   010715178  190613  20.62  74.53 1010.9    121°  13    5    75°  11     2%; near center; late winds; intermittent winds to  |
|                                                                              384 mb                                              |
|  2    011018049  191535  19.98  73.59 1009.7     65°  26    7    90°  10     Clear; late winds                                   |
|  3    010715138  193251  18.15  74.41 ------    -------------   --------     Clear; late winds; no winds below 266 mb            |
|  3A   010715186  193531  17.84  74.33 ------    -------------   --------     Clear; crazy winds; sonde data collection did not   |
|                                                                              begin until 5 s after launch due to operator error  |
|  3B   004255181  194003  17.31  74.19 1009.3    108°  20? 241    85°  14     Clear                                               |
|  4    010715180  194710  16.50  74.05 1009.4     82°  18   10    75°  14                                                         |
|  5    020215241  200210  16.17  75.91 1008.7     78°  17    7    65°  13     10% cloud; dry 925 mb on up                         |
|  6    003825117  201817  14.53  74.96 1007.6     67°  16    7    50°  10     5%; dry; late winds                                 |
|  7    003825220  203303  14.45  73.12 1007.0     39°  18    7    50°  07     Intermittent winds aboves 262 mb; dry above 850 mb  |
|  8    010715173  205336  13.53  70.87 1005.9     29°  10    7   285°  04     10%                                                 |
|  S1   011018052  210008  13.84  70.11 1005.6     63°  09    5   265°  03     10%; dry above 800 mb; near center (visually)?      |
|  S2   010748113  210317  14.00  69.75 1005.9     64°  25    8   205°  03     ~30 km from fix; near center (closest approach)     |
|  S3   003148159  210516  14.09  69.53 1006.2     72°  20    5   190°  04     N of center                                         |
|  9    013635262  211308  14.46  68.62 1006.7     80°  22   14   160°  10     Cirrus, in cirrus E of center                       |
|  10   003148156  213632  14.25  66.50 1009.0    106°  30    8   165°  20     Cirrus; E of storm; RH2                             |
|  11   010715137  215404  16.41  66.30 1010.7     45°  18    8   145°  14     Ci                                                  |
|  12   013635070  220651  16.57  67.79 1010.1     91°  24    7   140°  16     Ci; RH2                                             |
|  13   010715177  222601  18.98  68.05 1011.2    121°  15    8   100°  13     100%? low (dark)                                    |
|  14   003148008  224953  20.04  70.74 1010.8    110°  18    5   100°  11     Darkness                                            |
|  15   003825045  230455  21.86  69.00 1011.3     90°  05    7    75°  04                                                         |
|  16   003825115  232002  22.25  67.19 1011.9     60°  07    8    25°  07     Late/intermittent winds                             |
|  17   013635207  233502  23.36  65.33 ------    -------------   310°  14     Noisy GPS signal; telemetry flaky and no winds      |
|                                                                              below 841 mb                                        |
|  18   003825217  234943  24.41  63.49 1011.5    350°  07    8   310°  13                                                         |
|  19   011018053  000759  22.51  62.09 1011.2      5°  05    5   290°  14                                                         |
|  20   013945025  002609  21.49  63.73 1011.9     25°  08    7   290°  10                                                         |
|  21   010715145  004434  20.46  65.44 ------    -------------   --------     No winds                                            |
|  21A  010748032  004621  20.26  65.44 1011.1    --------    8   --------     Backup; no winds below 200 mb                       |
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