N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Dennis                     Dropwindsonde Scientists Krystal Valde
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Flight ID 050709I                Flight Director Martin Mayeaux/Tom Shepherd                  Takeoff from  MROC     at  141320  UTC
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Mission ID WX04A DENNIS          AVAPS Operators Damon San Souci                              Recovery  at  JAX NAS  at  223046  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    032815124  180255  25.20  85.15  993.3     4°  33     6                         50 miles from center                       |
|  2    042815245  181246  25.29  84.37  966.1   304°  32     6         W Eyewall       0.8 RH bias correction applied; double     |
|                                                                                       eyewall; dry near surface                  |
|  3    042815033  181551  25.33  84.13  965.8   111°  92     8         E Eyewall       Good                                       |
|  4    042815032  182055  25.38  83.74 ------   153°  79   N/A         E Eyewall       No data below 926 mb - did not reach       |
|                                                                                       surface; dry above ~825 mb                 |
|  5    042815046  182653  25.38  83.29   996    --------------                         No launch detect - no winds                |
|  6    042815051  183237  25.38  82.85 1000.1   131°  51     6          Rainband       "Backup" sonde; spotty winds first 62 s;   |
|                                                                                       applied correction to RH data              |
|  7    042715054  184447  26.11  83.51   998    105°  66    15                         No near surface winds                      |
|  8    042815052  185641  26.65  84.34 1000.4    92°  43     7                                                                    |
|  9    042815054  190253  26.23  84.34  994.9    92°  64    15                         No surface winds                           |
|  10   042815024  191153  25.61  84.42  965.2   --------------         N Eyewall       No launch detect - no winds                |
|  11   042815048  191355  25.47  84.44  958.3   158°  13     4  27.3      Eye          Center                                     |
|  12   040925064  191543  25.33  84.45  970.9   198°  87    32         S Eyewall       No surface winds                           |
|  13   042825019  192514  24.64  84.45  993.0   --------------                         No launch detect - no winds; S side/storm  |
|  14   040925205  193036  24.25  84.47   997    241°  35     8                                                                    |
|  15   042815049  194206  24.53  83.56   998    119°  43     7  28.5    Rainband       "Backup" sonde                             |
|  16   042815030  194837  24.91  83.77  995.1   191°  34     5                         Applied 3.8% RH bias correction            |
|  17   035135089  200029  25.56  84.46  964.7   151°  97   244         SE Eyewall      Very few winds above 750 mb; no sfc. winds |
|  18   042815142  200225  25.59  84.61  954.9   --------------            Eye          No launch detect - no winds; center        |
|  19   035135073  200411  25.64  84.70  962.2   325°  56     6                         Applied 2.4% RH bias correction; noisy     |
|                                                                                       winds                                      |
|  20   042815026  201445  26.16  85.27  995.0    45°  42     4                                                                    |
|  21   042815025  202108  26.49  85.64  999.6    38°  38     4  27.7                                                              |
|  22   040925184  212010  28.80  86.10 1009.4   --------------  28.0                   No winds; RH heating cycles                |
|  23   042115176  212256  28.80  85.90 1008.6    94°  21     4                                                                    |
|  24   042115149  214505  28.54  84.41 1007.3    97°  31     7                                                                    |
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