N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Emily Dropwindsonde Scientists Jason Dunion -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 050718N1 Flight Director Jack Parrish Takeoff from MACDILL at 0600 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 1505A EMILY AVAPS Operators Jim Roles/Jorge Delgado Recovery at MACDILL at 1425 UTC --------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 044245092 062518 27.90 84.34 1018.1 90° 09 8 125° 10 RH heating cycles | | 2 044245009 063848 27.95 86.17 1017.6 65° 12 7 155° 09 Strong outflow 180-250 mb; RH heating cycles | | 3 044245095 065241 27.93 87.94 1017.3 95° 10 7 155° 11 Dry 700-975 mb (~50% RH) | | 4 043835088 070946 26.06 88.07 1015.1 -------------- 125° 18 Strong outflow 180-250 mb (~40 kt); weak telemetry | | towards EOD; RH heating cycles; Ch. #6 of AVAPS has | | better response | | 5 043845283 072435 26.02 90.00 1015.3 80° 20 4 125° 14 Dry 700-975 mb (~40-50% RH); strong outflow | | 180-200 mb (~40-45 kt) | | 6 044245094 073856 26.99 91.65 1015.4 110° 18 4 100° 13 RH heating cycles | | 7 044245096 075321 27.97 93.32 1015.7 120° 17 7 110° 09 RH heating cycles | | 8 051926116 080709 28.80 94.94 1014.5 150° 16 7 155° 08 RH heating cycles | | 9 044135303 082150 27.03 94.97 1014.2 135° 18 7 155° 09 RH heating cycles | | 10 043625061 084040 25.53 93.15 1013.8 100° 18 5 90° 14 RH heating cycles | | 11 051926117 085416 24.97 94.90 1013.1 115° 10 5 85° 12 | | 12 044135290 091147 22.99 94.01 1011.7 90° 16 4 85° 14 As low as 40% RH 750-850 mb; RH heating cycles | | 13 043845278 092403 21.50 94.00 1010.8 75° 15 5 80° 14 As low as 30% RH 700-850 mb; as low as 10% RH | | 400-500 mb | | 14 043625033 093615 20.02 93.93 1010.3 125° 06 7 50° 09 Late winds 62 s; 20-40% RH 400-600 mb | | 15 044135307 095212 19.63 91.93 1008.9 240° 12 8 25° 09 | | 16 044135306 100627 21.31 92.38 ------ -------------- -------- No winds; backed up | | 17 044135292 100820 21.53 93.33 1010.9 55° 14 7 75° 18 | | 18 043845280 102111 23.06 91.81 1010.7 60° 19 7 75° 18 | | 19 043625110 103523 24.14 90.30 1012.1 -------------- 90° 24 DLD 5.5 s | | 20 043845043 104839 24.08 88.71 1012.3 75° 30 7 100° 33 Undercast; late winds 64 s; RH heating cycles | | 21 043625108 110528 23.05 86.97 1010.4 90° 29 8 125° 38 Undercast | | 22 044135314 112128 21.29 86.47 1009.0 130° 34 4 155° 35 Undercast; WL150 = 140°/36 kt | | 23 043625023 113703 19.53 86.95 1009.3 195° 17 7 190° 27 Undercast; superadiabatic 976-1008.5 mb | | 24 044415100 115931 17.07 86.00 1010.0 125° 13 5 160° 12 Undercast; RH heating cycles | | 25 043625128 121602 17.04 84.04 1010.9 110° 20 7 135° 14 No winds 205-261 mb; 10% low Cu; haze | | 26 044415097 123417 18.93 83.10 1012.3 110° 13 7 130° 13 RH heating cycles | | 27 044245126 124843 19.03 84.85 1011.0 130° 20 7 155° 18 Undercast | | 28 042825026 130648 20.98 84.07 1013.4 110° 19 7 140° 18 Undercast; RH heating cycles | | 29 043835112 133549 23.90 85.30 1014.8 110° 25 5 130° 20 Undercast; RH heating cycles | | 30 043845269 135347 25.94 85.47 1017.2 100° 17 4 120° 15 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+