N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Emily                      Dropwindsonde Scientists John Gamache
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Flight ID 050723N                Flight Director Barry Damiano                                 Takeoff from MACDILL  at   1753   UTC
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Mission ID WXWXA TRAIN           AVAPS Operators Dale Carpenter                                Recovery  at MACDILL  at   2346   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    042115167  185706  32.20  76.47 1013.4     7°  12     5   320°  12     Hazy below; NW of center; looks like it might be    |
|                                                                              too dry; RH heating cycles                          |
|  2    042825045  192254  32.07  72.82 1013.5   192°  10     7   220°  13     Mostly clear below                                  |
|  3    034323190  211919  28.22  76.65 1014.2   237°  16     8   295°  15     Hazy; cloud below?                                  |
|  4    034355032  214919  28.25  72.86 1014.9   207°  25    10   240°  27     Just outside rainband; auto processing              |
|  5    034113023  220626  29.87  73.93 1003.3   284°  45     7   345°  11     SE "Eyewall" supposedly Z on M                      |
|  6    034323168  220913  30.10  74.20 1007.0   344°  27     5    20°  19     Flight-level "center"; west of real center          |
|  7    032815026  221216  30.36  74.49 1008.8   346°  21     4    15°  17     NW "Eyewall"; 20 nm from supposed eye; some weak    |
|                                                                              telemetry at mid-levels; intermittent winds         |
|                                                                              286-387 mb                                          |
|  8    034323167  222950  30.40  73.74 1007.8   113°  17     5    90°  14     NE "Eyewall"                                        |
|  9    034323183  223243  30.16  74.00 1005.9   342°  31     4    30°  17     Flight-level "center"; clearly still W of real ctr. |
|  10   034135056  223535  29.93  74.28 1007.8   308°  29     7   355°  22     SW of expected center; intermittent winds at upper  |
|                                                                              levels                                              |
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