N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Isabel                     Dropwindsonde Scientists Sim Aberson/Mike Black
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Flight ID 030914I                Flight Director P. Flaherty/B. Damiano                        Takeoff from ST CROIX at  145443  UTC
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Mission ID WX13A ISABEL          AVAPS Operators Ray Tong                                      Recovery  at ST CROIX at   2225   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    022945069  163811  23.47  66.55   956    190° 120    10         S Eyewall       Outer eyewall                              |
|  2    022815007  163829  23.49  66.56   948    210° 161   307         S Eyewall       Middle eyewall; intermittent winds; flight |
|                                                                                       level 130 kt                               |
|  3    022615310  163842  23.52  66.56   949    190° 107    22         S Eyewall       Middle eyewall; 100 kt sfc SFMR            |
|  4    022945078  163900  23.53  66.56   945    205° 136    27         S Eyewall       Inner eyewall; very high winds             |
|  5    022928018  165439  23.72  66.94   940    295°  55    10         SW Eyewall      Inner eyewall; 6 s launch detect delay;    |
|                                                                                       830-840 mb structure                       |
|  6    022625048  170049  23.80  66.46   939    170°  87    86         E Eyewall       Inner eyewall; spotty winds below 877 mb   |
|  7    022625156  170621  24.17  66.74   943     70° 116    77         N Eyewall       Inner eyewall; late winds 81 s             |
|  8    022945077  172104  24.24  66.81   944     55° 167    27         N Eyewall       3.0 s launch detect delay; WL150 055°/171  |
|  9    022625051  172119  24.26  66.81   947     50° 130    23         N Eyewall       Possible P bias -2.0 mb                    |
|  10   020215132  172132  24.28  66.81   949     40° 126    80         N Eyewall       Possible P bias -2.6 mb                    |
|  11   020215320  172147  24.29  66.81   953     45° 131    80         N Eyewall       Possible P bias -2.3 mb                    |
|  12   022815046  193930  25.39  67.82   999     40°  52    10         Rainband        Possible P bias -4.4 mb                    |
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