N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm IFEX Genesis               Dropwindsonde Scientists Krystal Valde
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Flight ID 050716I                Flight Director Marty Mayeaux                                 Takeoff from MROC     at  052327  UTC
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Mission ID WXWXE TRAIN           AVAPS Operators Bill Olney/Damon San Souci                    Recovery  at MROC     at  125523  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    042815059  054526   9.00  85.00 1010.5   250°  04     7                         Flight-level winds stronger (20-25 kt);    |
|                                                                                       RH heating cycles                          |
|  2    042715347  060024   8.00  85.00 1010.3   218°  07     7                         Wind dir. change at 850 mb (134°-211°);    |
|                                                                                       strong flight-level winds (15-20 kt)       |
|  3    042825048  063613   5.50  85.00 1010.3   --------------  27.2                   Late winds 56 s; no winds below 813 mb; no |
|                                                                                       surface winds                              |
|  4    043625183  065542   6.72  85.59 1009.5   216°  16     7                         SW winds                                   |
|  5    043625140  070736   7.53  85.99 1009.3   227°  10     7                         Strong flight-level winds - 15-20 kt       |
|  6    043615122  071713   8.19  86.32 1009.7   226°  10     7                                                                    |
|  7    042715027  072657   8.85  86.66 1009.2   187°  07     7                                                                    |
|  8    040925273  073632   9.52  86.95 1008.7   216°  13     7  27.8                   Late winds 88 s                            |
|  8A   042815230  073905   9.58  87.08 1009.6   184°  20    10                         "Backup" sonde; no surface winds; strong   |
|                                                                                       winds below 850 mb                         |
|  9    043625182  075131   8.76  87.38 1008.9   264°  17     7                         0.7% RH bias correction applied            |
|  10   043625175  080337   7.99  87.75 1008.5   238°  21     7                                                                    |
|  11   043625177  081915   6.99  88.24 ------   246°  17     8                         Did not reach surface; dry above 700 mb;   |
|                                                                                       0.9% RH bias correction applied            |
|  12   043615117  083508   5.99  88.08 1008.9   205°  20     7  27.5                   Late winds 67 s                            |
|  13   043625156  084220   5.98  89.25 1009.4   218°  15    21                         No surface winds; winds @ 1000 mb -        |
|                                                                                       205°/8.9 m/s                               |
|  14   043615114  085831   7.11  89.78 1008.6   234°  20     4                                                                    |
|  15   043625176  090904   7.84  90.14 1007.8   238°  13     7                         Late winds 102 s; intermittent winds       |
|  16   043625178  092242   8.76  90.61 1008.2   252°  18     7                         RH heating cycles                          |
|  17   043835025  093358   9.52  90.99 1008.4   230°  14     8  28.1                                                              |
|  18   042715164  095623   7.99  91.01 1008.2   230°  16     4                         No surface dew point temperature/RH;       |
|                                                                                       RH heating cycles                          |
|  19   042815064  101018   7.00  91.00 1009.0   226°  20     5                         RH heating cycles                          |
|  20   043625149  102416   6.00  91.01 1008.4   212°  16     7  27.5                   Late winds 54 s; RH heating cycles         |
|  21   043835024  104142   7.00  90.37 1008.5   224°  16     7                         RH heating cycles                          |
|  22   043625133  105700   8.02  89.80 1008.6   250°  21     7  ----                   AXBT failed                                |
|  23   043835030  110845   8.79  89.32 ------   --------------                         No launch detect; no winds                 |
|  23A  043625171  111005   8.88  89.28 1009.0   279°  23    39                         "Backup" sonde; no surface winds           |
|  24   043615113  111753   9.40  89.00 1008.7   243°  07     8                         1.6% RH bias correction applied            |
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