N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Ophelia                    Dropwindsonde Scientists Sim Aberson
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Flight ID 050908I                Flight Director Marty Mayeaux                                 Takeoff from MACDILL  at  073455  UTC
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Mission ID 0516A CYCLONE         AVAPS Operators Ray Tong/Damon San Souci                      Recovery  at MACDILL  at   1317   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    012225095  080233  27.93  80.37 1006.4   --------------                         No winds                                   |
|  2    002615579  080427  28.02  80.26 1006.0   265°  25    10                         Backup; late winds 65 s; possible -3.3 mb  |
|                                                                                       P bias                                     |
|  3    002615565  081423  28.50  79.73  995.9   275°  56    10         SW Eyewall      Data after splash; possible -2.8 mb P bias |
|  4    002615341  081849  28.74  79.58  987.5    60°  12    10            Eye          Possible -2.8 mb P bias                    |
|  5    002615581  082211  28.92  79.45  992.9   110°  50   583         NE Eyewall      No winds below 929 mb; RH heating cycles;  |
|                                                                                       possible -3.4 mb P bias                    |
|  6    002615300  084727  29.98  78.18 1008.9   120°  33   898                         No winds below 910 mb; RH heating cycles;  |
|                                                                                       possible -2.8 mb P bias                    |
|  7    002158072  092154  29.84  80.99 1009.2    30°  31    10                         RH heating cycles; possible -3.4 mb P bias |
|  8    002615507  094520  28.83  79.72  991.5    15°  46    10         NW Eyewall      Possible -3.6 mb P bias                    |
|  9    002615576  094818  28.71  79.58  988.6    40°  13    10            Eye          Possible -3.6 mb P bias                    |
|  10   003115475  095216  28.52  79.39  997.0   220°  50   584         SE Eyewall      No winds below 933 mb; possible -4.1 mb    |
|                                                                                       P bias                                     |
|  11   002525130  101626  27.54  78.18 1008.5   220°  21    10                         Possible -3.7 mb P bias; RH heating cycles |
|  12   002615509  103510  28.64  77.58 1008.3   185°  22    10                         Possible -4.5 mb P bias                    |
|  13   002525298  105552  28.69  79.07 ------   --------------         E Eyewall       No launch detect--no winds                 |
|  14   001915170  105707  28.69  79.16  999.7   155°  44    10         E Eyewall       Backup                                     |
|  15   002615301  110742  28.65  79.57  989.0    40°  07    10            Eye          Possible -3.4 mb P bias                    |
|  16   002525270  111319  28.64  79.98  999.0   335°  41    10         W Eyewall       Possible -3.9 mb P bias                    |
|  17   002615578  114809  26.98  79.50 1008.6   250°  24    10                         Late winds 88 s; possible -4.8 mb P bias;  |
|                                                                                       RH heating cycles                          |
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