N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Lili                       Dropwindsonde Scientists Shirley Murillo, Sean White
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Flight ID 021002N1               Flight Director Jack Parrish                                  Takeoff from MACDILL  at   0542   UTC
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Mission ID 2413A LILI            AVAPS Operators Dale Carpenter, Jim Barr                      Recovery  at MACDILL  at   1218   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    013635076  060542  26.21  83.93 1014.0    100°  24    7   125°  28     Dark; intermittent winds                            |
|  2    013945052  062307  24.55  85.33 1008.3    --------    8   140°  40     Dark; noisy GPS signal at upper levels of sounding; |
|                                                                              no winds at surface                                 |
|  3    013945039  064155  22.28  85.17 1008.3    170°  27    7   190°  28     Still dark                                          |
|  4    013215130  065942  20.15  85.15 1009.5    175°  22    7   185°  15     Still dark                                          |
|  5    013635069  072145  22.48  86.26 1005.6    185°  33    5   205°  30     Still dark                                          |
|  6    013945053  074019  21.64  88.52 1006.4    --------    7   270°  14     Still dark                                          |
|  7    012625034  075900  22.54  90.80 1007.3    340°  08    7   355°  08     Still dark                                          |
|  8    013635153  081436  22.36  92.85 1008.9      5°  16    5     Calm       Still dark                                          |
|  9    013945046  083039  22.18  94.92 1009.8     45°  06    5   270°  02     Still dark                                          |
|  10   013635074  084643  22.07  96.95 1010.3    115°  05    5   260°  02     Still dark                                          |
|  11   013635116  090221  23.98  96.86 1010.7    110°  07    7    40°  02     Still dark                                          |
|  12   013635141  091612  24.10  95.02 1010.2     60°  07    7   115°  02     Still dark                                          |
|  13   013635047  093047  26.00  94.99 1011.1     75°  09    7   125°  08     Still dark; (yawn!)                                 |
|  14   013248082  094602  27.96  94.89 1011.9    110°  13    5   120°  17     Still dark                                          |
|  15   013215459  100028  27.88  93.02 1012.1    100°  18    8   130°  22     Still dark; delayed launch detect 12.5 s            |
|  16   013635146  101832  26.00  93.00 1011.1     75°  16    4   125°  15     Partial winds -- dropout 867-926 mb                 |
|  17   013248087  103650  24.08  92.84 1009.1     25°  12    4    70°  05     Still dark                                          |
|  18   012525056  104800  24.72  91.58 1008.2     25°  19    7    70°  11                                                         |
|  19   013215182  110415  26.63  90.77 1009.7     65°  23    7    95°  22     Finally some light outside                          |
|  20   013248089  112227  27.54  88.52 1011.9     85°  30    7   105°  31     Beautiful sunrise                                   |
|  21   013945047  114211  26.70  86.19 1011.1     75°  09    7   125°  08                                                         |
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