N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Dennis Dropwindsonde Scientists Krystal Valde -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 050710I Flight Director Mayeaux/Shepherd Takeoff from JAX NAS at 150858 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID WX04A DENNIS AVAPS Operators Olney Recovery at JAX NAS at 204950 UTC --------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 042815037 155307 28.50 84.51 1003.6 -------------- No GPS satellites; buoy drop; no winds; | | set f/l temp. as missing | | 2 042115003 161354 28.80 86.07 990.6 190° 44 7 26.5 Near-buoy drop; applied 4.4% humidity bias | | correction; RH heating cycles | | 3 042815223 162201 29.34 86.54 979.6 169° 57 6 26.8 AXBT drop combo | | 4 032815006 162812 29.58 86.92 951.8 325° 90 31 NW Eyewall Noisy winds; no near-surface winds; RH | | heating cycles | | 5 042415307 165746 29.18 88.19 996.6 317° 30 6 Buoy drop; late winds (109 s); delayed | | launch detect 9 s; RH heating cycles | | 6 040925082 170543 29.37 88.03 993.1 340° 35 4 Applied 3.7% dry humidity bias correction; | | RH heating cycles | | 7 042715292 171900 29.68 86.92 945.6 205° 70 11 SW Eyewall Applied 6.8% dry humidity bias correction; | | no surface wind | | 8 040925081 172109 29.69 86.74 954.0 75° 108 13 E Eyewall 4.8% dry humidity bias correction applied; | | no surface wind | | 9 042715150 172938 29.60 86.04 989.4 155° 54 5 2.9% dry humidity bias correction applied; | | set f/l temperature and dew point missing | | 10 042115179 173556 29.52 85.54 995.6 161° 62 7 Noisy wind; set f/l temperature missing; | | applied 3.2% RH bias correction | | 11 042815218 174523 29.92 86.10 ------ -------------- No launch detect; no winds; terminated | | early at 913 mb | | 11A 042815038 174600 29.96 86.15 988 131° 59 6 "Backup" sonde; winds noisy near EOD | | 12 042715185 175032 30.18 86.52 983.7 105° 70 42 Noisy winds @ EOD; no near-surface winds; | | applied 4.0% humidity bias correction | | 13 043615167 175716 30.22 87.19 983 -------------- No winds below 872 mb | | 14 042715157 180154 30.08 87.62 986.7 -------------- No winds | | 15 042715283 180403 30.02 87.80 989.4 340° 40 6 Noisy winds | | 16 042825031 180901 29.89 88.21 993.9 329° 43 9 3.6% humidity bias correction applied | | 17 042215051 183206 30.00 86.98 ------ -------------- SW Eyewall No launch detect; no winds; no satellites; | | terminated early at 800 mb; dry bias | | correction of 30.6% applied | | 18 042815220 183429 30.06 86.83 954.6 135° 132 958 SE Eyewall Weak telemetry; intermittent winds; no | | surface winds | | 19 042815219 184259 29.86 86.35 986.3 -------------- Late winds (84 s); intermittent winds; no | | surface winds | | 20 043615172 184352 29.94 86.36 986.7 153° 52 4 | | 21 042715284 184439 30.02 86.36 985 151° 57 9 Late winds (60 s); no winds 958-983 mb; | | 4% dry humidity bias correction applied | | 22 042715290 184538 30.11 86.37 ------ -------------- Possible fast fall sonde; no PTH below | | 684.8 mb; no winds; dry sounding | | 23 042815301 185255 30.24 86.83 ------ -------------- No launch detect; no winds; terminated | | early at 931.5 mb; 1.6% dry humidity bias | | correction applied | | 24 042815224 185407 30.22 86.92 961.5 -------------- No launch detect; applied 7.7 mb pressure | | bias correction [automatic] | | 25 042815044 190628 30.22 86.35 986.6 132° 66 7 | | 26 042715286 190848 30.24 86.55 982.2 160° 76 797 Late winds (80 s); 8.5% humidity bias | | correction applied; no winds below 898 mb | | 27 042815226 191320 30.33 86.95 951 -------------- No winds; noisy PTH telemetry | | 28 040925019 191519 30.30 87.12 957.2 -------------- Fast fall sonde; all winds flagged | | 29 042815056 192025 30.18 87.51 983.2 335° 52 20 Late winds (71 s); no winds 768-792 mb | | 30 043615091 194108 30.24 86.50 986.2 -------------- No winds; set f/l temperature/dew point | | missing | | 31 043615166 195037 30.07 85.81 996.5 160° 57 166 Noisy winds; no surface winds | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+