N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Ophelia                    Dropwindsonde Scientists Mike Black
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Flight ID 050909H                Flight Director Jack Parrish                                  Takeoff from MACDILL  at   0130   UTC
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Mission ID 0816A OPHELIA         AVAPS Operators Bill Olney/Beth Kerr                          Recovery  at MACDILL  at  ~0900   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    012625017  020630  27.85  80.07 ------   --------------                         60 miles SW; no winds                      |
|  2    012225008  020944  28.00  79.91 ------   --------------                         50 miles SW                                |
|  3    012225007  021948  28.41  79.42 ------   --------------         SW Eyewall      No winds                                   |
|  4    012225005  022954   N/A    N/A  ------   --------------   N/A      Eye          No launch detect--stuck in tube--launch    |
|                                                                                       motor burned out; raw AVAPS D-file N/A     |
|  5    012225004  030820  29.26  79.68 1005.3   120°  37    32         Rainband        95 miles out from ctr.; RH heating cycles  |
|  6    012225058  040415  30.03  80.56 ------   --------------  27.1                   Fast fall--no winds                        |
|  7    012025021  040554  29.95  80.48 1008.6    42°  25     4                         Backup; at buoy 42014                      |
|  8    012225126  042412  29.08  79.62 ------   --------------         NW Eyewall      No winds                                   |
|  9    012225108  043046  28.78  79.33   990    203°  08     4            Eye                                                     | 
|  10   012225110  043423  28.62  79.15   992    202°  55     4         SE Eyewall      Open                                       |
|  11   012225176  054057  29.76  78.23 ------   --------------                         ELD 87 s--stuck in tube; no winds;         |
|                                                                                       60 miles NE                                |
|  12   010795228  054816   N/A    N/A  ------   --------------                         Not launched; raw AVAPS D-file N/A         |
|  13   012225149  055928  28.87  79.28   990    296°  04     5            Eye          Late winds 103 s                           |
|  14   010748104  060316  28.68  79.46 ------   --------------         SW Eyewall      No winds                                   |
|  15   012225173  061938  27.92  80.24 ------   --------------                         ~70 miles SW of eye; near coast; no winds  |
|                                                                                       on channel #1--got late and intermittent   |
|                                                                                       winds on channel #5; offshore wind         |
|  16   012225109  073219   N/A    N/A  ------   --------------            Eye          Not launched; raw AVAPS D-file N/A         |
|  17   002648006  074505  29.10  79.20   991    161°  05     5            Eye          Backup                                     |
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