N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Lili                       Dropwindsonde Scientists Sean White, Shirley Murillo
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Flight ID 021001N1               Flight Director Jack Parrish                                  Takeoff from MACDILL  at   0636   UTC
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Mission ID 1913A LILI            AVAPS Operators Dale Carpenter, Jim Barr                      Recovery  at MACDILL  at   1432   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    003825214  070220  25.35  83.42 1010.8     85°  20    7    90°  22     Darkness                                            |
|  2    003825219  072946  23.14  80.76 1008.8    -------------   --------     Still dark; no winds below 350 mb                   |
|  3    013635072  074222  22.79  79.13 ------    -------------   --------     Flaky/bad PTH 239-485 mb; intermittent-spotty winds |
|  3A   013635209  074502  22.73  78.78 1011.4    115°  22    7   140°  23     Can see Cuba; late winds                            |
|  4    013945004  075500  22.61  77.53 1012.0     85°  18    4   140°  16     Dark again                                          |
|  5    003115033  081138  24.70  77.50 1013.6     80°  13    5   135°  11     Darkness                                            |
|  6    003248064  082842  26.90  77.50 1015.1     90°  10    4   115°  09     Darkness; ZZZ                                       |
|  7    013635080  084517  28.95  77.42 1016.9     75°  16    7    80°  07     Darkness; (yawn)                                    |
|  8    013635314  085900  29.00  75.49 1016.9     60°  13    7    30°  09     Darkness                                            |
|  9    003825118  091258  28.93  73.51 1015.7     30°  20    8    25°  11     Darkness                                            |
|  10   003148157  093326  26.53  72.64 1014.9    340°  07    5     5°  10     Darkness                                            |
|  11   012525034  095045  26.41  74.95 ------    -------------   --------     Lost winds                                          |
|  11A  013945022  095251  26.17  75.00 1015.1     35°  09    7    50°  07     Intermittent winds                                  |
|  12   012525061  101030  24.04  74.91 1013.7     80°  12    5    65°  06     Light of dawn; intermittent winds                   |
|  13   013945048  102144  24.00  73.49 1014.7     60°  10    4    40°  07     Sct near sfc.; late winds; intermittent winds       |
|  14   012025114  103415  23.78  72.10 ------    -------------    25°  07     Ci mid, stratus low levels; late winds              |
|  15   012525020  104947  21.99  73.00 1013.4    100°  12    7    55°  09     Mid-level overcast; late winds; intermittent winds  |
|                                                                              above 480 mb                                        |
|  16   012545001  110652  20.02  74.03 1013.2     95°  07    7    70°  12     Clear                                               |
|  17   003825218  112524  19.50  76.50 1011.6    --------    7   100°  11     Intermittent winds above 520 mb; very few winds     |
|                                                                              below 520 mb                                        |
|  18   012025115  114545  18.91  79.15 1010.8    140°  15    7   155°  14     Clear                                               |
|  19   013635203  120211  17.70  81.01 1010.3    165°  20    8   180°  10     Bright light                                        |
|  20   012025117  121949  16.64  83.02 1008.0    --------    5   200°  05     No winds at sfc; cloudy                             |
|  21   012525053  124326  19.31  83.78 1008.0    --------    8   270°  11     Bumpy; going through rainband; no winds below       |
|                                                                              722 mb                                              |
|  22   012225054  130314  20.39  86.06 1008.0    --------    7   360°  11     Overcast                                            |
|  23   012525050  132018  22.35  86.88 1010.0     30°  14    4    50°  17     Late winds; low clouds; noisy GPS signal above      |
|                                                                              290 mb                                              |
|  24   013945002  134023  24.64  85.89 1011.8     65°  18    7    85°  23     Sct, Ovc, low clouds                                |
|  25   012545009  140537  27.61  84.97 1016.4     85°  23    8   100°  17     Sct, low clouds                                     |
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