N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm TD03 (Cindy)               Dropwindsonde Scientists Aberson
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Flight ID 050704N                Flight Director Barry Damiano                                 Takeoff from MACDILL  at   1810   UTC
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Mission ID 0303A CYCLONE         AVAPS Operators Dale Carpenter, Ray Tong                      Recovery  at MACDILL  at   0240   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    042215069  185721  30.06  86.44 1018.5   187°  08     7   205°  16     Undercast; late winds 80 s; possible -2.1 mb        |
|                                                                              pressure bias; RH heating cycles                    |
|  2    042215072  191413  28.89  87.93 1017.7   137°  12    94   180°  17     Undercast; RH heating cycles                        |
|  3    042115169  193228  27.01  87.18 1018.3   117°  10     8   160°  22     Undercast                                           |
|  4    042215088  194624  27.02  89.01 1012.4   121°  17    12   145°  15     Stratus below                                       |
|  5    032815009  200243  27.78  90.92 1015.8    85°  10     4   165°  11     Some convection below                               |
|  6    042115163  202459  25.38  90.20 1014.0    95°  16     8   120°  13     In cloud                                            |
|  7    033048011  203758  25.41  91.94 1013.0    69°  12    24   115°  05     Some convection below                               |
|  8    042215070  205235  26.99  93.01 1014.4    89°  06     7   165°  06     Clear                                               |
|  9    042215003  211536  28.33  95.65 1014.3   148°  12     7   175°  04     10% low Cu                                          |
|  10   042215093  213546  26.00  94.99 1013.3   125°  08     7   165°  05     10% low Cu                                          |
|  11   041715010  215520  24.20  93.47 1012.7    67°  08     4   160°  03     10% low Cu                                          |
|  12   042215053  221122  22.62  94.15 1011.9    97°  04   136   180°  03     10% low Cu; bad winds near surface                  |
|  13   042215067  223006  23.93  96.08 1012.2   134°  08     7   175°  05     Clear                                               |
|  14   042215030  224602  22.86  97.57 1011.2   130°  12     7   155°  07     Thin cirrus; late winds 77 s                        |
|  15   042115178  230213  21.00  96.99 1010.5    99°  14     5   160°  10     Cirrus above; clear below                           |
|  16   042715005  232522  19.13  94.89 1011.1    78°  08     5   130°  07     Cirrus above; clear below                           |
|  17   043625015  234333  20.64  93.33 1011.7   283°  00     7    85°  02     Cirrus; 20% Cu below                                |
|  18   042115192  235807  19.67  91.87 1011.6   351°  02     4    70°  04     Cirrus streaks below; some mid-level wind dopouts   |
|  19   043625037  000829  19.92  90.70 1012.1     2°  04   N/A    65°  05     Near convection; weak/poor PTH telemetry below      |
|                                                                              661 mb; no winds below 654 mb                       |
|  20   043625040  003330  21.70  88.74 1012.6    99°  10     7   205°  11     Cirrus; near convective band; possible -2.6 mb      |
|                                                                              P bias                                              |
|  21   042715125  005037  21.80  86.67 1015.1   133°  14     7   165°  21     Cirrus; near convection; improper records ~250 mb;  |
|                                                                              -2.4 mb P bias                                      |
|  22   042115150  010220  23.01  86.10 1016.0   142°  19     7   160°  24     Undercast; possible -2.0 P bias                     |
|  23   042215008  012329  24.33  88.33 1013.6   150°  23     7   155°  31     Convection to f/l altitude; lost winds ~600-850 mb; |
|                                                                              possible -2.4 mb P bias                             |
|  24   043625029  014223  25.05  86.00 1016.8   112°  19     7   160°  23     Convection; possible -2.6 mb P bias                 |
|  25   042815126  020021  27.00  85.00 1018.8   109°  12     7   165°  15     Dark; last                                          |
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