N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Katrina                    Dropwindsonde Scientists Krystal Valde
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Flight ID 050828N2               Flight Director Paul Flaherty                                 Takeoff from MACDILL at   171344  UTC
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Mission ID 1912A KATRINA         AVAPS Operators Dave Brogan/Dale Carpenter/Ray Tong           Recovery  at MACDILL at   001228  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    051926272  174049  28.19  85.10 1005.1   125°  31     4   145°  42     Stratocu/Cu; late winds 64 s                        |
|  2    044415069  175338  28.48  86.86 1001.0   101°  39     5   125°  51     In cirrus; late winds 80 s; spotty winds @ end; RH  |
|                                                                              bias correction t=130-230 s                         |
|  3    051926278  180630  29.51  88.38 1002.7    68°  31     7   105°  39     In cirrus                                           |
|  4    051926122  182108  29.11  90.41 1001.6    43°  29     4    75°  34     Cirrus; RH switching; spotty winds at beginning     |
|                                                                              270-300 s; flagged winds 82-83 and 121-126 s        |
|  5    051926222  183147  28.47  91.73 ------    29°  37   N/A    50°  24     Thin cirrus/stratocu; weak telemetry; RH switching; |
|                                                                              spotty data @ 210-300 s and end; PTH died before    |
|                                                                              winds; set heights missing                          |
|  6    043835002  184734  27.93  93.85 1004.0    19°  17     4    25°  11     RH switching; late winds 69 s                       |
|  7    044415126  190318  26.68  92.40 1000.2   351°  23     8     5°  24     In cirrus; RH switching                             |
|  8    051926303  192027  25.06  93.04 1002.4   340°  21     5   340°  12     Stratocu; RH switching                              |
|  9    011245389  193706  24.91  91.73  998.7   309°  23     8   325°  24     In cirrus; RH switching                             |
|  10   011245379  195041  23.84  90.37  998.2   261°  31     7   280°  26     In cirrus                                           |
|  11   011245390  200420  22.94  91.93 1001.1   297°  17     8   295°  11                                                         |
|  12   011245348  202731  20.40  90.74 1003.2   277°  12     8   260°  10     In cirrus; RH switching; spotty winds; wind gap     |
|                                                                              410-480 s; 481-670 s                                |
|  13   011245349  204913  21.99  88.99 1001.8   245°  21     8   235°  16     In cirrus; RH switching; spotty winds beginning     |
|                                                                              210 s; wind gap 76-144 s; flagged winds at 186,     |
|                                                                              188, and 197 s                                      |
|  14   011245289  210500  21.94  87.01 1003.3   162°  21     5   205°  18     In cirrus; RH bias 98-134 s; flagged wind @ 536.5 s |
|  15   011245361  212156  20.01  85.98 1004.7   182°  10     5   170°  11     Cirrus; RH switching; winds a little spotty         |
|  16   011245362  213931  19.09  84.03 1006.2   158°  14     8   150°  12     Stratocu; RH switching; spotty winds 130-240 s      |
|  17   011245167  220202  21.28  83.19 1006.1   166°  17    85   165°  13     In cirrus; RH switching; spotty winds; wind gap     |
|                                                                              120-172 s                                           |
|  18   011245385  222030  22.06  85.05 1005.4   177°  17     7   185°  16     Thin cirrus/cirrus; spotty winds; wind gap 60-84 s  |
|  19   002638056  223741  23.95  85.08 1004.4   176°  17     8   190°  25     Thin cirrus; RH switching; winds spotty near end    |
|  20   002615349  230326  23.97  88.18  999.6   211°  27     4   230°  31     In cirrus; RH switching; wind gap 120-210 s; spotty |
|                                                                              winds                                               |
|  21   011218114  231601  24.96  86.88  999.7   184°  29     4   210°  40     In cirrus                                           |
|  22   002615345  233038  26.64  86.21  999.6   145°  27     4   180°  51     In cirrus; RH switching                             |
|  23   002638111  234720  26.08  84.02 1006.5   139°  23    13   175°  30     In cirrus; late winds 84 s; spotty winds at         |
|                                                                              beginning; wind gap 617-758 s                       |
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