N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm TD#7                       Dropwindsonde Scientists Krystal Valde
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Flight ID 050724I1               Flight Director Marty Mayeaux                                 Takeoff from MACDILL  at  002427  UTC
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Mission ID WX07A CYCLONE         AVAPS Operators Bill Olney/Damon San Souci                    Recovery  at MACDILL  at  092606  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    002615497  025832  21.98  93.39 1013.2   --------------                         No surface winds; RH heating cycles        |
|  2    002638025  030820  21.50  94.04 1012.7   102°  26     5                         Dry humidity bias correction applied;      |
|                                                                                       RH heating cycles                          |
|  3    002615562  031859  20.97  94.73 1011.4   101°  11     8                         Delayed launch detect 5 s; RH heat. cycles |
|  4    002525228  032350  20.73  95.02 1011.6   --------------  28.0                   No winds                                   |
|  5    002525225  033147  20.35  95.50 1011.5     4°  10     8                         RH heating cycles; 13 kt winds from SFMR   |
|  6    002615542  033647  20.11  95.81 1011.9   --------------                         Delayed launch detect 14 s; late winds     |
|                                                                                       92 s; no surface winds                     |
|  7    002638024  035547  18.98  94.96 1011.2   314°  22     7                         Saturated below 800 mb; RH heating cycles  |
|  8    002525258  041106  18.53  93.99 ------   --------------                         Altitudes incorrect; telemetry problems    |
|                                                                                       and no winds below 920 mb                  |
|  9    002525266  043047  20.02  93.99 1011.4   113°  29     5                                                                    |
|  10   002615582  044454  21.05  94.22 1011.9   118°  15     8                         RH heating cycles; 18-22 kt winds from     |
|                                                                                       SFMR; rainband (36-40 dbZ)                 |
|  11   002615511  045458  21.79  94.45 1012.5   100°  23     7                         Winds came in @ 57 s--delay due to plane   |
|                                                                                       turning; saturated at 825 mb               |
|  12   002525259  050939  21.27  95.31 1012.5    86°  07     5                         Delayed launch detect 6.5 s                |
|  13   002615517  052347  20.79  94.79 1011.4   329°  06     5                                                                    |
|  14   002615563  053540  20.87  95.51 1012.0    67°  05     7                                                                    |
|  15   001115212  054740  21.25  95.96 1011.9    69°  12     7                         Late launch detect 105 s; late winds       |
|                                                                                       122 s; kept winds doubtful                 |
|  16   032418002  055811  21.59  95.37 1012.1   102°  03     7                                                                    |
|  17   002638091  060703  21.10  95.02 1011.4    38°  09     7  29.0                                                              |
|  18   002615575  062042  20.31  94.91 1011.0   259°  03     5  29.0                   Saturated below 925 mb                     |
|  19   001115048  062844  20.73  94.81 1011.1   217°  17     4                         Dry humidity bias correction applied       |
|  20   001115210  063502  21.17  94.65 1011.5   --------------  29.2                   No winds; dry humidity bias corr. applied  |
|  20A  002615550  063758  21.31  94.50 1012.5   114°  26     5                         "Backup" sonde                             |
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