N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Lili Dropwindsonde Scientists Rogers, Landsea -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 021001N2 Flight Director Paul Flaherty Takeoff from MACDILL at 1733 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 2213A LILI AVAPS Operators Chris Hornbrook, Dave Brogan Recovery at MACDILL at 0105 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 012225014 180418 25.00 83.82 1012 85° 30 7 105° 37 In cloud, but white caps visual just before drop; | | 30 kts. at sfc; dry upper trop | | 2 013635114 182158 23.26 82.92 1008 115° 35 7 145° 45 In cloud; only 4 sats. until 75 s--winds drop out | | before then; 44 kt MBL | | 3 013635121 184920 23.34 79.94 1013 100° 22 262 145° 17 Cirrus below; noisy winds after 720 s; spurious | | data after splash | | 4 013968084 190420 24.91 78.89 1014 90° 14 4 135° 08 Dry 350-500 mb; strong westerlies at 200 mb | | 5 013968087 191923 26.46 77.77 1016 70° 12 4 90° 07 Clear; dry 350-650 mb; late winds | | 6 013968086 193603 24.61 77.50 1015 95° 09 4 110° 05 Dry 350-500 mb; strong westerlies at 200 mb | | 7 013635123 195524 22.23 77.43 1013 75° 12 5 105° 08 50% Altostratus below; dry upper trop | | 8 013945097 201121 21.25 75.75 1013 60° 10 8 75° 09 Strange drying at right at 925 mb to sfc due to | | downslope off Cuba mountains; dry ~350 mb | | 9 013718023 203207 19.91 74.69 1013 305° 01 7 70° 12 Clear; strong easterlies 150-350 mb; dropped a bit | | late to clear Cuba | | 10 013945094 203923 19.63 75.60 1012 115° 06 8 80° 12 Strong easterlies 150-300 mb; dropped a bit west of | | original location | | 11 013718022 205322 19.75 77.50 1012 100° 18 5 95° 12 Strong easterlies 150-325 mb | | 12 013718026 211740 20.35 80.66 1011 145° 19 7 155° 16 Cirrus below, thick altostratus layer; convective | | up/downdrafts after 460 s | | 12A 013718017 213209 20.71 82.52 1009 165° 27 5 180° 22 Altostratus below; extra for measuring gale force | | wind radii; spotty winds 150-400 s | | 13 013968083 214354 20.86 83.69 1007 180° 22 7 200° 20 Cirrus below | | 14 013718021 220318 18.93 82.50 1010 164° 15 4 175° 11 no RH2; no RH below 270 mb | | 15 013718018 221841 17.06 82.57 1010 189° 12 5 145° 09 Within cirrus deck, widespread Cu below | | 16 013968085 223708 17.06 85.00 1009 172° 05 7 160° 06 Thin cirrus above, 10% Cu below; strong easterlies | | aloft | | 17 012525054 224943 18.40 85.75 1008 254° 06 7 220° 05 Broad cirrus shield below; bad/flaky PTH | | 745-783 mb; spotty winds 684-873 mb | | 18A 013635035 230609 20.25 86.46 1007 265° 13 5 275° 12 Clear around plane, approaching line of Cu cong. | | 18 013718027 231338 21.14 86.73 1006 310° 16 8 295° 15 Cirrus around, altostratus below | | 19 013968081 232107 22.00 87.05 1005 326° 22 8 335° 19 In cloud; no humidity below 275 mb | | 19A 013945187 233133 22.57 88.32 1007 1° 19 11 20° 16 50% altostratus below; spotty wind measurements | | 20 013945085 233850 23.00 89.15 1008 10° 17 8 45° 14 50% altostratus; on eastern edge of cold low | | 21 013718024 235637 25.03 88.34 1010 58° 19 26 75° 26 No wind below 26 m | | 22 013968082 001555 26.04 86.08 1012 78° 19 7 95° 34 50 kts. at 920 mb; 20 kts at sfc. | | 23 013718019 003246 27.87 85.07 1015 51° 20 8 100° 16 Weak flow aloft | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+