N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Lili                       Dropwindsonde Scientists Gamache
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Flight ID 020930I                Flight Director Damiano                                       Takeoff from MACDILL  at  171624  UTC
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Mission ID WXWXA LILI            AVAPS Operators D. Sans Succi, J. Smith, T. Lynch             Recovery  at MACDILL  at  013833  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    003825222  191602  21.00  84.03                                                 No winds; westernmost point                |
|  2    004255259  191738  20.97  83.93 1008.8     26°  18   10  28.8                   IP; western point of pattern               |
|  3    013535218  194658  20.38  82.17 1006.4    347°  21    7  28.8                   Late winds                                 |
|  4    011245473  200209  20.08  81.20 1001.8    330°  22    8  28.7                                                              |
|  5    003825227  201123  20.07  80.59   984     269°  53    9  29.0                   Late winds; questionable winds; wind max   |
|  6    004255035  201436  20.12  80.35  986.1    179°  57    4  ----   SE Eyewall                                                 |
|  7    013635201  202836  20.76  79.87 1004.3    126°  46    4  29.0                   Late winds; no winds 952-974 mb            |
|  8    020615266  204350  20.94  81.04                          29.2                   Screwy                                     |
|  9    020248018  205439  20.37  80.71                                                 Delayed deployment - sonde stuck in chute  |
|  10   004255260  205747  20.21  80.59  981.6    230°  17    5         Near Eye                                                   |
|  11   004255042  210404  20.32  80.87                                 NW Eyewall      No winds                                   |
|  12   004255045  211430  20.62  81.47            35°  29       28.8                   NW of center                               |
|  13   020215181  214743  18.76  82.55           299°  09       29.0                   SW of center                               |
|  14   022945175  223326  20.40  80.80  979.7    200°  14    7         Eye             No aircraft f/l data; intermittent winds   |
|  15   020615316  234152  20.33  79.55                          28.7                                                              |
|  16   004255255  235603  20.49  80.59  998.1    151°  65   20  28.9   Rainband                                                   |
|  17   022945007  235922  20.55  80.83  989.1    -------------  28.9   E Eyewall       Large parachute; PTH erratic and winds     |
|                                                                                       flaky below 908 mb; wind max; slow fall    |
|  17A  004255041  235946  20.55  80.83                                 E Eyewall                                                  |
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