N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Dennis                     Dropwindsonde Scientists Shirley Murillo and Paul Leighton
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Flight ID 050710H                Flight Director Paul Flaherty                                 Takeoff from JAX NAS  at  185320  UTC
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Mission ID WX04A DENNIS          AVAPS Operators John Hill                                     Recovery  at JAX NAS  at  021501  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    042715156  193727  29.65  84.26 1005.0   162°  35     7                         Delayed launch detect 11.5 s; approaching  |
|                                                                                       storm from the east; RH heating cycles     |
|  2    042715190  194815  29.53  85.08 1001.4   169°  47     7                         SE 50 kt radius                            |
|  3    042715160  200531  30.22  86.39  989.0   170°  70   831                         Delayed launch detect 10 s; no winds below |
|                                                                                       900 mb; at T3 tower                        |
|  4    042715291  201223  30.22  86.92  983.1   --------------                         Delayed launch detect 19.5 s; no winds;    |
|                                                                                       SE of eyewall                              |
|  5    043845094  201635  30.17  87.18  982.3   --------------                         No launch detect; no winds but made it to  |
|                                                                                       the surface                                |
|  6    043845005  201741  30.16  87.27   983    --------------                         No launch detect...failed :( ; no winds;   |
|                                                                                       BOD records in AVAPS file missing for the  |
|                                                                                       first 17 s                                 |
|  7    043845095  202118  30.11  87.54  986.3   300°  31    31                         Delayed launch detect 7.5 s; late winds    |
|                                                                                       84 s; gale force radius on southwest side  |
|  8    043845084  202756  30.06  88.04  990.1   311°  31     7                                                                    |
|  9    043845004  203645  30.08  88.74  996.5   328°  46     8                         Near buoy 42007                            |
|  10   042715159  210828  31.10  86.14  986.6   --------------                         Delayed launch detect 7.5 s; winds only    |
|                                                                                       737-761 mb; over land!!; RH heating cycles |
|  11   042715285  215246  32.55  88.31  988.9    40°  60   736                         100 miles NW of center; RH heating cycles  |
|  12   042815265  220501  31.77  88.46  985.5     4°  21     7         NW Rainband     NW outside of rainband                     |
|  13   043845092  221603  31.23  87.79  976.6   333°  40     9         NW Eyewall      RH heating cycles                          |
|  14   043845088  221928  31.10  87.55  961.2   110°  60   619            Eye          Over land!                                 |
|  15   043845007  003635  31.96  87.68  965.7    46°  37     6         NE Eyewall      Near eyewall over land; RH heating cycles  |
|  16   043845093  004731  32.56  87.05   987    --------------                         No launch detect; no winds; noisy PTH      |
|                                                                                       telemetry                                  |
|  17   043625191  005135  32.54  86.76  982.4   --------------                         No launch detect; no winds                 |
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