N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Lili                       Dropwindsonde Scientists Aberson, Leighton
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Flight ID 020929I                Flight Director Tom Shepherd                                  Takeoff from MACDILL  at   1616   UTC
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Mission ID WXWXA LILI            AVAPS Operators Mark Rodgers                                  Recovery  at MACDILL  at   2335   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    013635077  180425  20.91  80.33 1007.1    -------------  29.5   60 mi N         Combo drop with BT; delayed launch detect  |
|                                                                                       38 s; late winds; P bias 4.1 mb            |
|  2    013945051  180518  20.89  80.33 1004.7     90°  36   10         60 mi N         Replacement                                |
|  3    013635075  181821  20.07  80.30  979.2     85°  21   10  29.5   N Eyewall       Combo drop with BT; delayed launch detect  |
|                                                                                       8 s; late winds; P bias 5.2 mb             |
|  4    013635271  182245  19.86  80.14  992.0    175°  58   10  29.2   S Eyewall       Combo drop with BT                         |
|  5    013635217  183417  19.95  80.10  992.1    155°  47   10         SE Eyewall      No winds 877-898 mb                        |
|  6    013515082  183538  20.03  80.19  980.5    140°  65   10         E Eyewall       Delayed launch detect 13.5 s; late winds;  |
|                                                                                       P bias 5.7 mb                              |
|  7    013635233  184253  20.02  80.19  986.4    140°  61   13         Rainband        Delayed launch detect 3 s?                 |
|  8    013635268  184424  19.99  80.10  991.2    160°  55   10         Rainband                                                   |
|  9    013635267  184517  19.97  80.06  994.9    165°  49   16         E Eyewall       Late winds                                 |
|  10   013715023  185908  20.08  80.21  983.5    145°  77  213         NE Eyewall      Intermittent data; noisy PTH telemetry and |
|                                                                                       spotty winds below 826 mb                  |
|  11   013715049  190713  20.22  80.23  990.5    100°  57   10         NE Eyewall      Delayed launch detect 3.5 s                |
|  12   013978149  193452  20.23  81.38 1002.6     10°  25   10  29.4   Rainband        Combo drop with BT; delayed launch detect  |
|                                                                                       7.5 s; heavy rainband; very interesting!   |
|  13   013635263  213028  20.24  80.41  991.9    160°  57   10         E Eyewall       Combo drop with BT; delayed launch detect  |
|                                                                                       3.5 s?                                     |
|  14   013635092  213100  20.24  80.36  988.9    165°  57   10         E Eyewall       Combo drop with BT; delayed launch detect  |
|                                                                                       5.5 s                                      |
|  15   013705045  215427  20.50  80.61  985.5    120°  81   18         NE Eyewall      Combo drop with BT                         |
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