N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Dennis Dropwindsonde Scientists Shirley Murillo/Peter Dodge -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 050706I Flight Director Marty Mayeaux/Tom Shepherd Takeoff from MROC at 2156 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID WX04A DENNIS AVAPS Operators Damon San Souci Recovery at MROC at 0600 UTC --------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 042115153 004139 15.04 73.19 1011.6 248° 29 N/A RH heating cycles; very strange sonde | | 2 040925118 004628 15.40 73.19 1004 -------------- Delayed launch detect 4 s | | 3 042115161 005729 16.18 73.21 985 225° 61 10 S Eyewall RH heating cycles | | 4 035135048 010017 16.38 73.22 980.1 -------------- No aircraft f/l data; telemetry died right | | after launch to 691 mb; no winds until | | 693 mb | | 5 040925137 010251 16.56 73.21 986.3 30° 62 5 N Eyewall | | 6 040925058 011118 17.17 73.22 1004.8 80° 42 10 PTH telemetry poor for first 38 s | | 7 040925135 011621 17.54 73.21 1007 80° 41 10 28.0 | | 8 040925093 013759 16.30 73.29 978.8 180° 09 7 Eye | | 9 040925158 014031 16.12 73.32 990.7 220° 59 119 S Eyewall Late winds 61 s | | 10 042415290 021227 15.50 74.21 1006.7 276° 22 7 | | 11 042415133 021757 15.79 73.90 1003.3 270° 33 10 28.2 Dry bias?; RH heating cycles | | 12 042115017 022559 16.25 73.48 982.3 244° 54 8 S Eyewall No/poor PTH telemetry first 46 s; dry bias | | correction | | 13 042415135 023933 16.17 73.54 990.0 225° 62 5 SW Eyewall Telemetry dropout 859-880 mb; RH heating | | cycles | | 14 040925258 024553 16.53 73.37 985 85° 70 45 NE Eyewall | | 15 042415310 025420 16.98 72.89 1002 115° 53 10 28.0 | | 16 042815050 025815 17.20 72.66 1006.8 116° 39 6 Delayed launch detect 6.5 s; late winds | | 90 s | | 17 034615133 032425 16.39 73.65 975 -------------- Eye No winds below 753 mb | | 18 042815055 032648 16.35 73.81 984.8 323° 64 1091 W Eyewall | | 19 042115005 033616 16.35 74.66 1004.0 333° 28 5 Delayed launch detect 89 s; late winds | | 116 s | | 20 042115156 034115 16.35 74.93 1005.7 343° 29 4 Lost telemetry from near BOD to 730 mb; | | no winds above 749 mb | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+