N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm KATRINA                    Dropwindsonde Scientists John Gamache
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Flight ID 050827I                Flight Director Barry Damiano, Marty Mayeaux                  Takeoff from MACDILL  at  133512  UTC
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Mission ID 1312A KATRINA         AVAPS Operators Bill Olney/Damon San Souci                    Recovery  at MACDILL  at   2108   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    011245392  142353  25.85  83.70 1001.7   122°  41     7         Rainband        RH heating cycles                          |
|  2    011245388  144243  24.92  84.67   981     91°  80   N/A         NE Eyewall      Erroneous T and RH--no heights             |
|  3    011245386  151353  24.43  85.08  949.5   347°  02     5            Eye                                                     |
|  4    001115047  154013  24.10  85.63  981.5   278°  79    21         SW Eyewall                                                 |
|  5    011245393  160010  23.20  86.43  999.0   287°  33     7         Rainband        Late winds 82 s and no winds 915-938 mb    |
|  6    011245391  161401  23.26  85.18  995.0   234°  48     5         Rainband        Late winds 79 s; RH heating cycles         |
|  7    011245382  162941  23.61  84.02  996.9   191°  21     6         Rainband                                                   |
|  8    011245106  164307  24.06  84.80 ------   --------------         SE Eyewall      Poor/late telemetry 710-940 mb; T,RH       |
|                                                                                       missing                                    |
|  9    001115272  165133  24.30  85.27  948.6   294°  14     8            Eye                                                     |
|  10   011245164  165524  24.46  85.47  961.8   329°  48     5         NW Eyewall      RH heating cycles                          |
|  11   011245352  172004  25.49  86.74  998.0    21°  33     7         Rainband                                                   |
|  12   011245132  173045  24.55  87.07 ------   --------------         Rainband        No winds below 885 mb; RH heating cycles   |
|  13   011245165  173734  24.31  86.92 ------   --------------                         No launch detect--no winds; T, RH missing  |
|  14   011245380  175056  24.32  85.87 ------   --------------         SW Eyewall      Weak/poor telemetry; no/bad T and RH;      |
|                                                                                       no winds 900-975 mb                        |
|  15   011245138  175859  24.45  85.31  947.5   116°  10     5            Eye                                                     |
|  16   011245354  180138  24.47  85.10  958.6   148°  74   126         E Eyewall                                                  |
|  17   011245286  180525  24.46  84.84  974.0   149°  89     6         E Eyewall       PTH lost at 899 mb--recovered before EOD;  |
|                                                                                       used RH2                                   |
|  18   011245350  182540  24.40  83.33 ------   --------------                         Intermittent winds                         |
|  19   051926171  183544  24.04  83.41 ------   --------------                         UBLOX sonde--winds bad first 4 s           |
|  20   044535110  184835  25.05  83.65 ------   --------------                         UBLOX sonde                                |
|  21   051926173  185358  25.02  84.02 ------   --------------                         UBLOX sonde                                |
|  22   043845068  190003  25.00  84.55 ------   --------------                         UBLOX sonde                                |
|  23   011245378  192554  26.27  85.52 ------   --------------                                                                    |
|  24   011245067  194309  25.68  86.82 ------   --------------                         No winds                                   |
|  25   012225103  194431  25.65  86.77  996.0    33°  33     7                         Delayed launch detect 13.5 s; late winds   |
|                                                                                       64 s                                       |
|  26   012225150  195940  24.87  85.93  979.2    12°  58     7         NW Eyewall                                                 |
|  27   012225084  200846  24.57  85.32  945.4   197°  12     5            Eye                                                     |
|  28   012225060  201459  24.85  85.03 ------   --------------         NE Eyewall      No launch detect--no winds; weak telemetry |
|  29   012225168  201639  24.93  84.93   978    100°  81    10         NE Eyewall                                                 |
|  30   012225145  203434  25.80  83.90  999.9   118°  51     5         Rainband                                                   |
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