N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Dennis Dropwindsonde Scientists Stanley Goldenberg -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 050709N Flight Director Jack Parrish Takeoff from MACDILL at 0604 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 1304A DENNIS AVAPS Operators Ray Tong/Jorge Delgado Recovery at SAVANNAH at 1423 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 043845211 065245 30.98 78.96 1016.7 159° 07 7 195° 15 Dark; no RH swap | | 2 043625043 070551 30.98 76.98 1018.0 164° 12 7 200° 12 RH swap | | 3 043845259 072241 N/A N/A ------ -------------- -------- No launch detect; no winds; no RH swap | | 3A 043845202 072312 28.98 76.11 1017.1 133° 14 7 135° 11 RH swap | | 4 043835064 073842 27.98 77.85 1015.3 115° 17 4 135° 21 Midway between positions 4 & 5; no RH swap | | 5 042815141 075417 26.99 76.01 1016.1 123° 21 7 125° 15 No RH swap | | 6 043835123 081137 24.98 75.07 1015.6 104° 19 5 115° 13 No RH swap | | 7 044245032 083241 23.10 77.04 1013.7 125° 19 4 160° 18 RH swap | | 8 043845104 085512 23.28 79.87 1009.2 133° 35 8 170° 39 Saturated; no RH swap | | 9 043835125 091033 23.62 81.88 997.7 121° 45 8 180° 43 Near SE eyewall; 70 kt near surface with strong | | updrafts; no RH swap | | 10 043845284 092800 22.86 83.95 1000.6 261° 23 4 305° 26 S of center; no RH swap | | 11 043835099 094326 22.68 85.94 1005.1 330° 17 7 340° 18 No RH swap | | 12 043835124 095749 23.75 87.42 1006.6 4° 14 7 5° 14 No RH swap | | 13 043835100 101241 25.44 88.08 1008.0 7° 16 7 40° 07 No RH swap | | 14 042815270 102821 25.00 90.02 1010.3 26° 10 7 100° 03 No RH swap | | 15 043835061 104339 25.00 92.01 1010.8 100° 02 4 190° 02 No RH swap | | 16 043845031 105830 25.08 93.95 1011.2 242° 02 10 265° 03 20% low cloud; no RH swap | | 17 043845039 112203 N/A N/A ------ -------------- -------- No launch detect; no winds; no RH swap | | 17A 043835055 112234 27.95 93.84 1011.7 157° 04 8 220° 05 <5% low cloud; late winds 68 s; no RH swap | | 18 043835121 113629 27.50 91.99 1011.8 67° 06 4 185° 06 <5% low cloud; no RH swap | | 19 043845296 115103 27.08 90.07 1011.0 41° 12 4 155° 06 10% low cloud; no RH swap | | 20 043835128 120640 28.98 89.95 ------ 135° 08 N/A 195° 16 5% cloud; no heights; winds only to 632 mb on | | Channel 2 of AVAPS and PTH terminated early soon | | after; no winds but transmitted to splash on | | Channel 7 of AVAPS; no RH swap | | 21 042715074 122201 29.87 88.04 1013.1 41° 14 7 155° 11 Clear; no RH swap | | 22 043845274 123358 28.49 87.99 1012.1 47° 17 7 120° 10 50% low cloud; no RH swap | | 23 044245065 124432 27.37 87.41 1010.3 44° 16 7 80° 14 20% low cloud; no RH swap | | 24 043845102 130335 28.30 85.15 1012.9 131° 29 10 110° 23 100% below cirrus; no RH swap | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+