N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Lili Dropwindsonde Scientists Landsea/Rogers -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 020930N Flight Director Paul Flaherty Takeoff from MACDILL at 1735 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 1713A LILI AVAPS Operators Chris Hornbrook, Dave Brogan Recovery at MACDILL at 0115 UTC --------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 011245463 181812 27.47 77.48 1015.4 86° 13 5 105° 17 Thin cirrus below, scattered Cu | | 2 011345023 183436 26.25 75.91 1015.2 74° 14 8 115° 12 5% Cu | | 3 011335086 185027 25.04 74.53 1014.4 95° 10 5 105° 05 Low-level broken SCu, scattered Cu piling up; late | | winds; removed winds during 1st 110 s | | 4 011245269 185959 25.00 75.85 1014.6 123° 15 5 110° 09 Towering Cu | | 5 011245224 191106 25.00 77.37 1014.6 89° 11 17 120° 12 Extensive cirrus shield; late winds; no T,H for 1st | | 228 s | | 5A 011335143 192127 24.23 78.39 1012.7 99° 14 5 125° 15 Near 100% cloud cover below, altostratus | | 6 011245469 193236 23.26 79.36 1011.2 114° 22 7 115° 23 In cloud | | 7 011335104 195209 22.86 76.92 1012.5 122° 19 4 135° 19 In cloud | | 8 011245484 201230 22.50 74.44 1013.2 27° 10 5 115° 07 50% cirrus below; patchy AltoCu | | 9 011335140 203421 20.01 74.11 1012.3 37° 15 7 125° 09 In cloud | | 10 003825116 205615 19.23 76.77 1011.4 138° 21 5 170° 18 In cloud | | 10A 013635213 210547 19.11 78.00 1010.4 154° 19 5 180° 21 In cloud, supplemental drop looking for SAL | | 11 011245461 211817 18.86 79.57 ------ ------------- -------- No temperatures; no winds 478-611 mb | | 11A 011245216 212427 18.78 80.35 1006.2 213° 21 4 235° 23 In cloud | | 12 011245472 213625 N/A N/A ------ ------------- -------- No launch detect--no winds; noisy PTH | | 12A 011335119 213731 18.27 81.94 1007.0 269° 15 5 290° 12 In cloud; possibly SAL (dry) air out ahead of storm | | 13 011245217 214547 18.68 82.93 1006.7 324° 15 8 335° 12 In cloud | | 14 011245268 215506 19.18 84.05 1007 350° 14 5 360° 11 In cloud | | 15 003115039 220340 20.16 84.48 1007 10° 18 476 35° 13 In cloud; no winds below 500 m; strange GPS | | vertical vel 150-400 s, but horiz. winds okay | | 16 011245177 221214 21.15 84.93 1008 360° 14 8 40° 12 25% cirrus, 25% StratoCu; RH2 | | 17 011245480 222959 22.47 86.83 1011 30° 14 7 75° 8 Severe clear | | 18 003825233 225235 23.28 84.16 ------ ------------- -------- Severe clear; no data below 500 mb; late winds 55s; | | data dropouts 150-260 s | | 19 011245215 230808 24.97 85.05 1012 45° 18 7 90° 15 40% Cu low | | 20 011245218 232350 24.99 87.12 1013 55° 18 7 95° 12 20% Cu low; no winds 425-635 s | | 21 010715184 233955 25.00 89.25 1013 65° 17 5 120° 12 20% Cu low | | 22 012545003 235546 25.00 91.37 1014 50° 13 5 115° 09 20% Cu low | | 23 013945006 001119 25.07 93.44 1013 95° 10 7 45° 10 Clear | | 24 013635199 003316 27.45 93.42 1015 125° 11 5 50° 11 Dark | | 25 003825028 005358 27.58 90.74 1015 85° 11 5 130° 11 Moderately Dark | | 26 012545010 011432 27.67 88.00 1015.6 90° 15 13 120° 13 Line of convection to south ahead of position | | 27 013945001 013402 27.75 85.41 1016 45° 17 5 95° 15 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+