N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm KATRINA                    Dropwindsonde Scientists John Gamache
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Flight ID 050825I                Flight Director Barry Damiano                                 Takeoff from MACDILL  at  131020  UTC
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Mission ID 0612A KATRINA         AVAPS Operators Bill Olney/Damon San Souci                    Recovery  at MACDILL  at   2115   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    011218009  140009  27.50  79.11 1009.4    89°  25     5         N Rainband      RH heating cycles                          |
|  2    011245280  142036  26.23  79.25  991.7   --------------            Eye          No GPS/winds                               |
|  3    011218005  142408  25.99  79.24 ------   --------------         S Eyewall       No T,RH; winds only at EOD                 |
|  4    001115312  144413  24.94  79.14 1010.1   220°  25     7         S Rainband                                                 |
|  5    001115049  151030  26.29  77.79 1010.8   160°  18     4         E Rainband      RH heating cycles                          |
|  6    001115098  154245  26.11  79.99 ------   --------------                         Delayed launch detect 5.5 s; no winds      |
|  7    001115044  154446  25.97  79.95 1006.7   --------------                         No winds                                   |
|  8    001115018  155951  25.06  79.94 1010.0   264°  20     5                                                                    |
|  9    001115101  164006  27.39  78.79 1011.0   104°  23     4         N Rainband                                                 |
|  10   000715338  165735  27.37  80.12 ------   --------------                         No winds                                   |
|  11   001115021  165842  27.31  80.07 1009.3    63°  28     8                         Late winds 86 s                            |
|  12   001115099  171829  26.17  79.52   990    297°  06     7            Eye          Winds only at EOD                          |
|  13   001115045  174221  25.14  78.66 1010.0   188°  26     7                         RH heating cycles                          | 
|  14   000115297  191634  24.64  79.49 1009.0   218°  22     7         Rainband        RH heating cycles                          |
|  15   001115012  194511  26.11  78.26 1010.1   150°  30    22         Rainband        No winds 864-908 mb; RH heating cycles     |
|  16   000745078  201450  26.05  79.85  985.3   --------------                         No winds                                   |
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