N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Katrina                    Dropwindsonde Scientists Chris Landsea/Krystal Valde
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Flight ID 050827N                Flight Director Paul Flaherty                                 Takeoff from MACDILL at   172144  UTC
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Mission ID 1412A KATRINA         AVAPS Operators Dave Brogan/Dale Carpenter                    Recovery  at MACDILL at   ~0150   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    011218112  175240  25.12  82.86 ------   149°  39   N/A   160°  43     In cirrus; changed launch time; PTH ended before    |
|                                                                              winds; set heights missing; RH switching            |
|  2    002615335  181015  23.43  84.11  997.1   188°  45     5   210°  49     In cirrus; RH switching                             |
|  3    003115272  182419  23.15  85.87  996.5   243°  45     8   280°  48     In cirrus; RH switching; late winds 63 s            |
|  4    011245303  184227  24.34  87.77  998.7   339°  27     8   360°  35     In cirrus; RH switching                             |
|  5    001945751  185807  26.25  88.00 1002.9    73°  31     8    45°  31     Cirrus/altostratus; RH switching; spotty winds to   |
|                                                                              360 s                                               |
|  6    003115155  191257  28.01  87.42 1006.2    64°  27     8    70°  25     Stratocu/thin cirrus; RH switching                  |
|  7    003135175  192635  29.12  86.23 1008.1    76°  17     5    80°  19     Mostly clear; 10% stratocu; spotty winds from       |
|                                                                              30-75 s                                             |
|  8    011218120  195546  27.95  89.96 1005.7    41°  16     7    55°  20     Altostratus; late winds 70 s; spotty winds;         |
|                                                                              RH switching                                        |
|  8A   003115159  195855  27.57  90.00 1005.6    41°  19     5    55°  19     Cu/Stratocu; backup sonde                           |
|  9    011218117  201231  25.94  90.02 1003.3     2°  17     4    35°  19     Stratus                                             |
|  10   011245149  202839  24.00  90.03  999.0   340°  19     7   360°  19     Mostly clear; stratocu; changed EOD to record 1701; |
|                                                                              pressure/height might be low                        |
|  11   010715160  205003  22.00  91.87 1004.3   322°  16     5   350°  13     Mostly clear; thin cirrus; RH switching             |
|  12   011118021  210455  21.31  90.18 1004.5   293°  14     8   335°  14     Mostly clear; spotty winds ~120-300 s; RH switching |
|  13   003615001  212351  21.99  87.99 1000.9   267°  19     7   305°  20     RH switching                                        |
|  14   011118023  214322  20.82  86.02 ------   239°  19   N/A   280°  14     In cirrus; data ended before splash (below 700 mb); |
|                                                                              set heights missing; changed to RH2 up to 100 s     |
|  15   003615006  215727  19.04  85.91 1004.5   213°  14    19   245°  07     Stratocu; thin cirrus; spotty PTH/winds near end    |
|  16   010715209  221327  19.00  84.00 1005.0   201°  14     8   195°  07     Thin cirrus; stratocu; spotty data (mostly in       |
|                                                                              beginning); wind gap 760-775 s                      |
|  17   010715210  223000  19.07  82.06 1007.0   180°  12    49   165°  07     Mostly clear; 5% stratocu                           |
|  18   010715208  224750  20.94  82.07 1005.8   180°  21     8   190°  13     Cirrus; spotty winds to 360 s                       |
|  19   011118017  230318  21.00  84.00 1004.6   190°  21     7   220°  19     In cirrus; spotty winds 120-300 s; data gap         |
|                                                                              120-210 s                                           |
|  20   003615002  000418  24.39  79.87 1008.5   181°  17   N/A   155°  07     Wind data gaps 74-162 and 270-290 s; winds end      |
|                                                                              early (@700 mb); spotty winds; RH switching         |
|  21   003115457  002604  26.04  78.01 1010.2   131°  06     8   120°  01     Spotty winds; weak PTH telemetry 730-800 s          |
|  22   010748048  004339  28.03  78.02 1010.8   115°  12    10    85°  03     Late winds; spotty winds @ beginning; RH switching  |
|  23   044535241  010205  29.91  79.03 1011.6   155°  10     7    55°  02     Spotty winds 140-220 s; RH switching                |
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