N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Irene Dropwindsonde Scientists Sim Aberson -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 050812N Flight Director Paul Flaherty Takeoff from MACDILL at 1719 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 0209A IRENE AVAPS Operators Ray Tong/Bill Olney Recovery at BERMUDA at 0048 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 003135287 180249 30.49 78.49 1017.9 215° 04 10 330° 03 Undercast; -2.0 mb possible P bias; RH heat. cycles | | 2 043835109 181947 31.00 76.33 1018.1 285° 04 10 20° 03 Undercast SCu; -2.4 mb possible P bias | | 3 003115325 183640 N/A N/A ------ -------------- -------- Near convection; SCu below; no launch detect--no | | telemetry | | 3A 003115333 183723 31.52 74.07 1017.8 280° 10 208 55° 03 Near convection; SCu below; channel 5 of AVAPS had | | better acquisition of GPS/winds | | 4 044415135 185255 32.00 72.00 1017.2 285° 02 10 165° 03 Clear; dusty | | 5 003135280 190846 33.01 70.00 1017.7 180° 04 10 180° 03 Clear; used RH2; -2.2 mb possible P bias | | 6 051926124 193037 34.76 67.88 ------ 200° 08 N/A 250° 06 Late winds 72 s; telemetry lost 765-777 mb; poor | | telemetry and few winds towards EOD; clear; -2.2 mb | | possible P bias | | 7 003135225 194627 32.99 67.01 1018.3 150° 06 10 160° 04 Bad T probe--no T,RH; no winds above 336 mb; | | intermittent winds; cirrus; clear below | | 7A 003115326 194724 N/A N/A ------ -------------- -------- No launch detect--no telemetry | | 7B 051926125 195029 32.53 67.01 1017.9 110° 10 63 145° 05 Thin cirrus; clear below; -2.4 mb possible P bias | | 8 000345655 200556 30.85 67.33 1016.0 85° 16 10 100° 23 Overcast; -2.5 mb possible P bias; RH heat. cycles | | 9 002638087 201717 30.83 68.94 1016.2 45° 12 10 75° 16 Cirrus above & below; SCu; used RH2 after 600 s | | 10 002615311 203119 29.75 70.42 1016.0 -------------- -------- Undercast; no winds; -2.1 mb possible P bias; | | superadiabatic near 360 mb, surface | | 10A 003135196 203241 29.60 70.49 1016.5 355° 14 10 55° 11 -2.6 mb possible P bias; undercast | | 11 002615313 204657 27.99 70.98 1015.7 355° 12 10 45° 06 Undercast | | 12 003135222 210302 26.24 70.41 1015.2 25° 10 39 40° 02 Undercast; -2.2 mb possible P bias | | 13 002638083 211810 25.11 69.07 1014.7 345° 02 10 280° 02 10% Cu | | 14 044535486 213548 23.89 70.77 1014.1 20° 04 300 105° 03 Some TCu; -2.5 mb possible P bias | | 15 002638079 215149 23.01 68.99 1014.9 195° 06 10 145° 04 Clear | | 16 003135202 220720 23.01 67.00 1015.2 200° 04 10 180° 06 Clear; -2.1 mb possible P bias; RH heating cycles | | 17 002638074 222425 24.01 65.14 1015.7 185° 06 31 180° 07 10% Cu | | 18 034325144 224218 25.30 66.87 1014.3 200° 06 10 220° 07 20% Cu | | 19 002615568 225525 26.21 65.53 1015.4 190° 14 10 190° 14 10% Cu | | 20 002615524 231456 26.01 63.06 1017.8 135° 12 10 155° 12 Sunset; intermittent winds at upper and mid levels; | | RH heating cycles | | 21 010748042 233125 27.97 63.11 1018.0 145° 16 44 160° 14 Late winds 69 s | | 22 002615533 234532 28.07 64.99 1015.7 155° 16 10 170° 23 Intermittent winds at upper levels; -2.1 mb | | possible P bias | | 23 002615498 000009 29.73 64.46 1015.7 145° 25 10 155° 25 Late winds 92 s; spotty winds above 275 mb | | 23A 002615506 000227 29.81 65.16 1016.6 -------------- -------- No winds | | 23B 010715150 000451 29.84 64.84 1016.5 145° 19 10 155° 19 | | 24 043835017 001846 30.17 63.14 ------ -------------- -------- Fast fall--no backup | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+