N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Dennis                     Dropwindsonde Scientists Shirley Murillo/Peter Dodge
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Flight ID 050706I                Flight Director Marty Mayeaux/Tom Shepherd                    Takeoff from MROC     at   2156   UTC
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Mission ID WX04A DENNIS          AVAPS Operators Damon San Souci                               Recovery  at MROC     at   0600   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    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                      |
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