N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm TD #7                      Dropwindsonde Scientists Daniel Stern
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Flight ID 050723H                Flight Director Paul Flaherty                                 Takeoff from MACDILL  at  161604  UTC
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Mission ID WXWXA SUSPECT         AVAPS Operators Mark Rogers                                   Recovery  at MACDILL  at  005853  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    003115490  163720  27.52  83.72 1019.0   283°  09     8                         Test sonde; very late winds; RH heating    |
|                                                                                       cycles                                     |
|  2    003115478  175126  22.67  86.81 1018.2    90°  14     5                                                                    |
|  3    003115170  181525  21.39  85.86 1017.4    86°  16     8                         RH heating cycles                          |
|  4    003115496  182855  20.81  86.65 1016.5    99°  18     4                         Delayed launch detect 4 s; late winds 75 s |
|  5    003115129  184210  21.81  86.69 1017.6    94°  17     5                         Late winds 67 s; possible P bias 2.1 mb    |
|  6    003115172  185557  21.75  87.86 1016.1    80°  20     8                         Delayed launch detect 2.5 s; possible P    |
|                                                                                       bias 3.6 mb; RH heating cycles             |
|  7    003115450  191207  22.88  88.48 1016.8    91°  18     5  28.3                                                              |
|  8    003115476  193314  21.53  89.35 1017.0    87°  28     8                         Convection; removed flight-level Td;       |
|                                                                                       RH heating cycles                          |
|  9    001915216  195316  21.86  90.86 1015.6    98°  24     7  28.9                   Late winds 1 min.                          |
|  10   002648033  201224  20.58  90.74 1013.6   111°  32     5                         Late winds 67 s; intermittent winds;       |
|                                                                                       removed flight-level Td; bad VV but kept   |
|                                                                                       winds                                      |
|  11   003115168  203231  20.02  91.83 1012.0   112°  16    48                                                                    |
|  12   003115481  204639  18.95  91.80 1011.3   129°  10     5                                                                    |
|  13   003115449  211041  18.94  93.81 1010.7   --------------                         Delayed launch detect 8 s; no winds;       |
|                                                                                       possible P bias -2.4 mb                    |
|  14   003115479  210612  18.95  93.48 1010.3   263°  02     8                         Possible P bias -2.0 mb; removed flight-   |
|                                                                                       level Td                                   |
|  15   002648013  212707  18.98  95.03 1011.6   321°  18     8                         Removed flight-level TD; RH heating cycles |
|  16   003115140  215146  20.66  95.13 1011.6   --------------  29.8                   Fast fall-no winds; delayed launch detect  |
|                                                                                       19 s; RH heating cycles                    |
|  17   003115472  215619  20.95  94.97 1011.8    44°  27    44                         Late winds 66 s; noisy GPS signal; flight- |
|                                                                                       level Td, winds doubtful; possible P bias  |
|                                                                                       -2.2 mb                                    |
|  18   003115495  222257  22.50  93.95 1013.7    73°  16     7                         RH heating cycles                          |
|  19   001948058  224506  23.07  92.46 1014.6    94°  23     5  28.0                   Delayed launch detect 3 s; possible P bias |
|                                                                                       2.4 mb; RH heating cycles                  |
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