N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Emily                      Dropwindsonde Scientists John Gamache
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Flight ID 050716N                Flight Director Barry Damiano                                 Takeoff from ST CROIX at   1805   UTC
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Mission ID 0805A EMILY           AVAPS Operators Dave Brogan/Ray Tong/Beth Kerr                Recovery  at MACDILL  at  ~0230   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    044135299  192800  17.97  74.07 1012.2   100°  21     8   125°  05     Thin cloud at flight level                          |
|  2    044135312  194921  17.63  76.54 1010.6    94°  37    20   130°  47     Thin cloud at flight level; no winds 905-941 mb     |
|  3    044415103  200507  15.99  75.98 1010.1   124°  25     4   155°  27     Very thin cloud                                     |
|  4    044415101  202400  14.00  75.19 ------   --------------   145°  15     Late winds 68 s                                     |
|  5    043845150  203849  14.71  77.05 1009.7   152°  14     7   185°  13     Delayed launch detect 5.5 s; late winds 63 s; light |
|                                                                              haze just below flight level                        |
|  6    044135291  205721  15.95  78.20 1005.8   209°  04     4   210°  33                                                         |
|  7    043845266  211042  14.87  79.48 1008.9   346°  17     7   290°  11     Delayed launch detect 14 s; light haze              |
|  8    044135313  212706  13.03  79.12 1008.7   343°  04     7   205°  03     Fairly clear                                        |
|  9    044415098  214202  13.01  81.01 1008.7    30°  12     4    50°  02     Clear; scattered low-level Cu                       |
|  10   044135300  215948  14.09  82.84 1009.4    56°  14    19    55°  06     Clear                                               |
|  11   043845281  221414  15.09  81.52 1009.0   337°  14     7   360°  10     Clear but low-level scattered Cu                    |
|  12   044135297  222720  16.12  82.88 1009.4    15°  14     7    40°  12     Very clear                                          |
|  13   044135310  224217  17.93  83.42 1010.8    44°  14     5    70°  16     Hazy below                                          |
|  14   043845286  225629  19.66  82.89 1011.4    61°  16     5    90°  19     Hazy below                                          |
|  15   043845101  230905  21.19  82.82 1013.1    86°  16    18   100°  19     Slight haze; nearly clear                           |
|  16   043615118  232141  20.70  81.38 1013.1    74°  14     7    95°  24                                                         |
|  17   042215064  233803  20.70  79.45 ------    83°  25   N/A   100°  29     Cloudy?; weak telemetry 703-735 mb; weak/poor       |
|                                                                              telemetry and spotty winds below 850 mb             |
|  18   043845096  235401  19.62  78.01 1012.1    98°  17     7   115°  34     In cloud                                            |
|  19   043625053  001056  19.07  76.00 ------   109°  29   N/A   130°  23     Poor telemetry and no winds below 673 mb            |
|  20   043625009  002931  20.20  73.90 1014.9    74°  21     7    90°  15     Delayed launch detect 6 s                           |
|  21   043835057  004900   N/A    N/A  ------   --------------   --------     No launch detect - no winds; PTH only               |
|  21A  043845287  004935  21.35  75.93 1015.4    93°  17     7   100°  20                                                         |
|  22   043845260  010647  22.33  77.82 1016.0    93°  14     7   110°  19     No winds 178-199 mb                                 |
|  22A  043625031  010810  22.41  77.98 ------   --------------   --------                                                         |
|  23   043845294  012442  23.31  79.86 1016.0    78°  16     7   115°  06     Last sonde                                          |
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