N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Lili Dropwindsonde Scientists Landsea/Rogers -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 021002N2 Flight Director Paul Flaherty Takeoff from MACDILL at 1739 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 2613A LILI AVAPS Operators Chris Hornbrook/Dave Brogan Recovery at MACDILL at 0138 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 013978146 181531 25.00 84.91 1013 134° 22 7 155° 24 20% SCu at sfc.; late winds; 25 kt at sfc. | | 2 013968110 183400 23.47 83.11 1013 95° 12 4 130° 10 Thin cirrus, clear below; sporadic winds at upper | | levels of sounding | | 3 013248083 185233 21.92 85.03 1012 139° 15 4 160° 14 10% Cu; late winds; occasional GPS dropouts | | 4 013248121 191657 19.02 84.08 1008 108° 17 32 110° 11 Patchy Cu; entered cloud below 850 mb; SLP suspect; | | no winds below 32 m | | 5 013968111 193251 18.11 85.97 1010 140° 13 4 130° 12 Patchy Cu; late winds | | 6 013945050 194815 19.87 86.37 1009 139° 10 7 150° 11 Patchy Cu | | 7 013978145 200436 21.75 86.75 1010 150° 16 5 175° 14 Thin layer of cirrus; flaky telemetry and GPS | | dropouts 221-315 mb | | 8 013718047 202012 21.75 88.79 ---- ------------- 200° 13 Clear below; no data below 332 m | | 9 013968046 203527 21.75 90.84 1008 256° 11 7 240° 10 30% Cumulus coverage; very dry upper trop. | | 10 013968045 205056 21.75 92.91 1007 284° 11 7 260° 07 Patchy Cu; dry upper trop. | | 11 013968109 210623 21.75 94.96 1008 295° 07 7 275° 04 30% Cu, some organization of Cu | | 12 013968100 212228 21.90 96.99 1008 6° 05 8 260° 03 Patchy Cu; delayed launch detect 5.5 s | | 13 013945042 214141 24.26 96.98 1009 38° 07 11 315° 01 Patchy Cu, depper Cu to east | | 14 013718040 215633 25.87 96.00 1008 34° 13 12 350° 05 Patchy Cu; intermittent winds | | 15 012525017 221138 27.49 94.96 ---- 59° 18 --- 15° 07 10-20% Cu; no data below 925 mb | | 16 013635132 222643 27.93 92.93 1007 55° 39 5 70° 20 Thick cirrus below; some vertical motions; | | gale at sfc. | | 17 013635120 224522 25.92 93.66 1007 15° 21 8 350° 13 Clear | | 18 013215183 230239 24.05 94.39 1007 356° 14 12 315° 08 Very dry to 450 mb; flaky PTH and sporadic winds | | 667-726 mb and 801-883 mb | | 19 013248084 231529 23.93 92.75 1007 330° 17 5 290° 13 Very dry to 500 mb | | 20 013248086 233501 23.03 90.47 1008 230° 14 4 235° 15 Very dry to 475 mb | | 21 012525022 235452 23.95 88.18 1009 165° 21 7 195° 21 | | 22 013248125 000737 24.08 86.59 1011 145° 19 31 175° 18 Late winds | | 22A 013945005 001755 25.19 86.99 1010 135° 21 8 180° 24 | | 23 013718044 002520 26.00 87.34 1010 130° 25 5 175° 32 | | 23A 013718045 003542 27.18 87.81 1010 120° 33 8 160° 41 Extra dark! Noisy GPS in middle of sounding; | | 55 kt at 700 mb; saturated almost whole sounding | | 24 013718039 004246 27.99 88.04 1010 115° 28 --- 150° 41 Dark as night; lots of missing winds above 705 mb | | 24A 013968047 005030 28.00 87.02 1012 120° 28 8 150° 32 | | 25 013968092 010304 27.93 85.34 1015 115° 20 4 140° 19 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+