N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Dennis Dropwindsonde Scientists Chris Landsea -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 050708N Flight Director Barry Damiano Takeoff from MACDILL at 1818 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 0904A DENNIS AVAPS Operators Dave Brogan, Alan Goldstein Recovery at MACDILL at 0225 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 043845030 190037 29.99 77.96 1017.8 135° 07 4 175° 12 10% stratocu; RH cycling; 86% 700 mb RH | | 2 043845038 191453 29.92 75.99 ------ 162° 10 N/A 180° 09 50% thin altostratus; 10% stratocu below; sonde | | reported from sea but not surface due to | | interference at low levels on AVAPS Channel 2--okay | | though on AVAPS Channel 6; 79% 700 mb RH | | 3 043845035 193223 28.00 75.21 1017.9 134° 16 7 125° 11 30% thin altostratus; 10% stratocu below; wind gaps | | and weak telemetry 160-190 and 550-690 s due to | | interference with another sonde; 85% 700 mb RH | | 4 043845032 194540 27.96 77.08 1016.7 120° 17 7 140° 18 70% thin altostratus; 10% stratocu; 80% 700 mb RH | | 5 042815179 200248 26.91 79.03 1013.8 124° 16 7 125° 23 10% stratocu; RH cycling; bad last point; 74% | | 700 mb RH | | 6 043845034 202707 24.23 80.02 1007.6 119° 35 7 120° 42 Rainband; in cloud; late winds 70 s; 65% 700 mb RH | | 7 042815268 203956 23.01 79.23 1006.7 126° 41 6 150° 45 Rainband; in cloud; 86% 700 mb RH | | 8 043615139 205907 22.19 77.00 1011.4 110° 23 4 165° 29 In clould; RH cycling; late winds 35 s; bad last | | RH; 72% 700 mb RH | | 9 043845203 211347 24.00 77.00 1012.9 120° 23 7 145° 28 Above thick cirrus/altostratus obs. above ocean; | | 82% 700 mb RH | | 10 043625032 213048 25.99 76.85 1014.6 114° 23 7 130° 25 70% altostratus; RH cycling; resent from 2nd AVAPS | | system--less noise; late winds 55 s; 84% 700 mb RH | | 11 043625020 214529 25.85 75.01 ------ 138° 17 N/A 115° 15 100% altostratus; sonde prematurely killed at | | ~800 mb by AVAPS; spotty data at end; 77% 700 mb RH | | 12 043845044 220023 24.00 75.00 ------ 137° 27 N/A 150° 13 100% altostratus; sonde prematurely killed at | | ~880 mb; loss of data ~850 mb; RH cycling; spotty | | early winds; 52% 700 mb RH | | 13 043625014 221640 21.95 74.96 1014.0 125° 18 N/A 160° 14 In thin cirrus; 100% altostratus below; RH cycling; | | spotty winds to 205 s; deleted RH to 80 s; 49% | | 700 mb RH | | 14 043845029 223204 N/A N/A ------ -------------- -------- In cirrus; no launch detect - no winds | | 14A 043615159 223258 20.10 73.90 1014.1 68° 06 5 160° 07 In cirrus; spotty winds 100 to 360 s; 45% 700 mb RH | | 15 042815195 225039 19.75 75.85 1013.8 154° 17 10 175° 19 In cirrus; late winds 50 s; 61% 700 mb RH | | 16 042815066 230624 19.71 77.82 1009.8 131° 31 7 185° 24 In cirrus; late winds 55 s; RH cycling; 70% mb RH | | 17 043845040 232321 20.42 79.70 1007.1 153° 43 23 205° 41 Rainband; in cloud; winds spotty at end--last at | | 1006 mb--better as Channel 6 on AVAPS; RH cycling; | | 97% 700 mb RH | | 18 043615184 233946 19.66 81.59 1006.6 226° 17 8 255° 18 In cirrus; RH cycling; Data spotty at end--better | | as Channel 5 on AVAPS; 96% 700 mb RH | | 19 044245030 235413 19.69 83.48 1006.3 279° 17 7 295° 14 30% altostratus; 20% stratocu; spotty winds to | | 90 s; fix RH to 210 s; RH cycling; 76% 700 mb RH | | 20 044245101 000857 20.81 84.96 1007.1 328° 17 8 340° 15 10% stratocu; deleted RH to 130 s; RH cycling; 66% | | 700 mb RH | | 21 043615044 002443 22.65 85.45 1007.6 10° 19 N/A 20° 13 Thin altostratus 100%; deleted RH to 120 s; RH | | cycling; 70% 700 mb RH | | 22 042815071 003838 N/A N/A ------ -------------- -------- Cirrus below; no launch detect - no winds | | 22A 043845037 003932 24.23 85.23 1008.9 31° 21 7 50° 20 Cirrus below; 61% 700 mb RH | | 23 044245128 005320 24.13 86.98 1009.9 21° 19 7 40° 12 30% Cu; 37% 700 mb RH | | 24 044245002 010903 26.03 86.95 1011.8 44° 19 7 70° 10 10% stratocu; late winds 80 s; RH cycling; deleted | | RH to 100 s; 42% 700 mb RH | | 25 043845291 013048 27.84 84.91 1012.9 69° 12 7 115° 13 Slightly dark; RH cycling; 75% 700 mb RH | | 26 044245127 014228 26.67 84.22 1012.0 76° 19 7 85° 19 Dark; RH cycling; lots of missing winds; deleted RH | | to 150 s; 75% 700 mb RH | | 27 044135211 015546 25.55 83.30 1010.2 71° 16 15 80° 30 Very dark; winds a little spotty at end | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+