N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Lili                       Dropwindsonde Scientists Michael Black
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Flight ID 021002I                Flight Director Barry Damiano                                 Takeoff from MACDILL  at   0201   UTC
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Mission ID WXWXA LILI            AVAPS Operators Jeff smith, Ray Tong                          Recovery  at MACDILL  at   1120   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    022615208  024028  25.90  84.22 1014.2    90°  26     7  27.8   Inside Outer                                               |
|                                                                         Rainband                                                 |
|  2    003475087  025046  25.50  84.80          --------------                         No winds                                   |
|  3    022625013  025226  25.43  84.90          --------------                         No winds; backup of drop #2                |
|  4    022615212  025703  25.25  85.17 1011.5   100°  35     7  28.4                   Backup of drop #3                          |
|  5    022615205  031210  24.65  86.06 1007.3    89°  40     7  28.2                   75 n mi NE of eye                          |
|  6    022625011  032230  24.14  86.45          --------------  27.4                   No winds                                   |
|  7    022615210  032913  23.71  86.58  989.6                          Outer Eyewall   Late winds                                 |
|  8    022615214  033213  23.53  86.60  969.2                          N Eyewall                                                  |
|  9    022945003  033238   N/A    N/A  ------   --------------         N Inner Eyewall No launch detect; large parachute;         |
|                                                                                       no winds                                   |
|  10   022625005  033618  23.32  86.69  970.1   280°  85   N/A         SW Eyewall                                                 |
|  11   022615238  033715  23.30  86.75  978.9                   27.6   Outer edge of                                              |
|                                                                         SW Eyewall                                               |
|  12   022615206  034745  23.06  87.45 1007.2                   27.8                   SW point of leg                            |
|  13   022625012  040819  22.78  88.67 1007.4                                          Middle of SE-S leg; late winds             |
|  14   022625008  043532  22.29  86.85                          27.5   Rainband        S point of leg (100 n mi from eye)         |
|  15   022615236  044754  23.16  86.83                          26.3                   Late winds                                 |
|  16   022615233  050922  23.66  86.98 ------   --------------         N Eyewall       No pre-launch f/l data; sonde telemetry    |
|                                                                                       failed at 910 mb                           |
|  17   022615237  050935  23.68  86.98          --------------         N Eyewall       No pre-launch f/l data; large parachute;   |
|                                                                                       no winds                                   |
|  17A  021735255  050938  23.68  86.98                                 N Eyewall                                                  |
|  18   022615233  052732  24.82  87.00                                                 Duplicate serial number of drop #16        |
|  19   022615231  053809  25.48  87.00                                                                                            |
|  20   013968099  054554  25.92  87.07          --------------                         No winds                                   |
|  21   013968041  054740  25.87  87.19                                                                                            |
|  22   013968094  061418  24.91  88.99                                                                                            |
|  23   013968037  062517  24.53  88.48                          29.0                                                              |
|  24   013968101  063525  24.16  88.02                                                                                            |
|  25   013715021  064645  23.71  87.47                                 NW Eyewall                                                 |
|  26   013715080  064645  23.71  87.47                                 NW Eyewall                                                 |
|  27   013968044  064827  23.68  87.36                          28.0      Eye                                                     |
|  28   013715027  065029  23.65  87.23          --------------         E Eyewall       No winds                                   |
|  29   013945143  070039  23.45  86.66                                                                                            |
|  30   013945140  071139  23.19  86.16                          27.5                                                              |
|  31   013945150  073532  22.21  86.50                                                                                            |
|  32   013715050  074951  22.84  85.65                                                                                            |
|  33   013945148  075435  23.03  85.37                                                                                            |
|  34   013715025  080954  23.65  84.51                          28.1                                                              |
|  35   013968043  082332  24.20  83.80                                                                                            |
|  36   013945149  083709  25.07  84.06                          28.4                                                              |
|  37   013715028  090839  23.90  85.59                          28.5                                                              |
|  38   990435419  094515   N/A    N/A  ------   --------------         E Eyewall       No launch detect; large parachute;         |
|                                                                                       no winds                                   |
|  38A  013945147  094526  23.98  87.71                          26.8   E Eyewall                                                  |
|  39   013715029  094916  24.12  87.92                                    Eye                                                     |
|  40   022625002  095133  24.25  87.96                                 NE Eyewall      No winds; PTH flaky/bad below 896 mb       |
|  41   022615239  095148  24.27  87.96 ------   --------------         NE Eyewall      Delayed launch detect 9.5 s; late winds;   |
|                                                                                       no PTH below 943 mb                        |
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