N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm TD#16 Dropwindsonde Scientists Sim Aberson -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 050907I Flight Director Barry Damiano, Marty Mayeaux Takeoff from MACDILL at 0424 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 0216A CYCLONE AVAPS Operators Bill Olney Recovery at MACDILL at 0914 UTC --------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 010715132 073842 27.63 78.87 1009.2 215° 16 8 No winds until 58 s after launch; applied | | -5.1 mb P bias correction; data after | | splash | | 2 051926089 074802 28.20 79.03 1004.4 265° 08 5 Center UBLOX sonde; possible -5.1 mb P bias not | | used | | 3 011118058 080204 29.13 79.04 1007.9 50° 29 6 Rainband Late launch detect 10 s; no T,RH 11 s; no | | winds 56 s; RH heating cycles; data after | | splash | | 4 011118063 081610 29.94 79.11 1012.7 -------------- Late launch detect 4 s; weak telemetry-- | | intermittent T,RH observations; lost winds | | below 900 mb | | 5 011118059 082615 29.34 79.78 1013.0 65° 19 7 Late launch detect 73 s; late winds 83 s; | | possible P bias 3.2 mb | | 6 011118057 082656 29.29 79.86 1009.6 60° 23 58 Backup, late launch detect 94 s; late | | winds 115 s | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+