N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Dennis                     Dropwindsonde Scientists Stanley Goldenberg
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Flight ID 050709N                Flight Director Jack Parrish                                  Takeoff from MACDILL  at   0604   UTC
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Mission ID 1304A DENNIS          AVAPS Operators Ray Tong/Jorge Delgado                        Recovery  at SAVANNAH at   1423   UTC
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| 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)                                                                    |
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|  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                       |
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