N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm OPHELIA                    Dropwindsonde Scientists Melicie Desflots/Mike Black
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Flight ID 050907H                Flight Director Tom Shepherd                                  Takeoff from MACDILL  at   1337   UTC
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Mission ID 0316A OPHELIA         AVAPS Operators Mark Rogers                                   Recovery  at MACDILL  at   1955   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    003135262  144043   N/A    N/A  ------   --------------                         No launch detect--no winds                 |
|  2    003135171  144803  28.86  79.61 1003.0   --------------                         ~15 n.m. NW of center; fast fall--no winds |
|  3    053116221  144951  28.78  79.37  999.0   239°  03     4           Center        UBLOX sonde; late winds 104.5 s            |
|  4    002615608  150546  28.12  78.59 1009.3   --------------                         60 n.m. SE of center; delayed launch       |
|                                                                                       detect 16.5 s; no winds                    |
|  5    003115336  160839  29.36  78.71 ------   --------------                         49 n.m. NE of center; no winds             |
|  6    003135179  161350  29.13  78.98 1006.7   117°  21     5                         29 n.m. NE of center                       |
|  7    051946060  162707  28.74  79.37  997.2    91°  08     7           Center        UBLOX sonde; bad winds in middle of drop   |
|  8    003115335  163935  28.21  79.87 1008.5   --------------                         ~40 n.m. SW of center; delayed launch      |
|                                                                                       detect 61 s; fast fall--no winds           |
|  9    002615607  173712  28.39  78.96 1007.2   --------------                         30 n.m. SE; delayed launch detect 4 s;     |
|                                                                                       no winds                                   |
|  10   051926109  175106  28.76  79.31  996.7   223°  06     7           Center        UBLOX sonde; late winds 107 s              |
|  11   003115507  180159  29.15  79.83 1007.8   --------------                         30 n.m. NW; delayed launch detect 10.5 s;  |
|                                                                                       no winds                                   |
|  12   053116205  185612  28.83  79.28  996.5   182°  08     7           Center        UBLOX sonde; late winds 53.5 s             |
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