N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Ophelia Dropwindsonde Scientists Sim Aberson -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 050909I Flight Director Marty Mayeaux Takeoff from MACDILL at 104300 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 0916A OPHELIA AVAPS Operators Ray Tong Recovery at MACDILL at 1912 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) (UBLOX sondes except where noted) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 002638073 111252 27.80 80.37 1009.5 265° 22 10 Rev "D" sonde; RH heating cycles | | 2 051926080 113540 28.93 79.34 999.5 290° 36 10 27.5 SW Eyewall Possible -4.0 mb P bias | | 3 051946027 114805 29.28 79.11 985.1 360° 21 10 Eye Data after splash; possible -4.6 mb P bias | | 4 044535101 115906 29.78 78.58 1000.8 115° 26 10 ---- NE Eyewall Possible -4.2 mb P bias | | 5 043625186 121714 30.31 77.45 1006.9 115° 17 10 Possible -4.3 mb P bias; RH heating cycles | | 6 002615331 123712 30.50 78.92 1005.0 35° 32 10 Late winds 57 s; Rev "D" sonde; possible | | -2.9 mb P bias; RH heating cycles | | 7 051926070 125735 30.45 80.48 1008.4 35° 28 10 Possible -3.9 mb P bias | | 8 043625123 131738 29.80 79.23 1000.1 25° 42 10 28.0 NW Eyewall Possible -3.0 mb P bias | | 9 044535111 132622 29.35 78.89 984.2 180° 05 10 Eye Possible -4.2 mb P bias | | 10 051926313 132815 29.25 78.81 987.7 220° 47 10 ---- SE Eyewall Possible -4.5 mb P bias | | 11 051926256 135415 28.16 77.48 1007.8 210° 29 10 Possible -4.8 mb P bias; RH heating cycles | | 12 051926293 141127 29.40 77.53 1004.5 170° 32 10 Possible -4.5 mb P bias; RH heating cycles | | 13 051926073 142120 29.46 78.23 999.9 175° 50 10 E Eyewall Possible -4.0 mb P bias; RH heating cycles | | 14 051926074 142815 29.48 78.72 985.2 230° 06 10 Eye Possible -4.4 mb P bias | | 15 051926075 144931 30.45 79.08 ------ 45° 52 467 Rainband Weak/poor telemetry and spotty winds below | | 850 mb; possible -3.2 mb P bias; no data | | below 955 mb | | 16 044535103 145819 29.89 79.40 1004.5 5° 43 38 Rainband Possible -4.0 mb P bias; RH heating cycles | | 17 044535069 150433 29.46 79.54 1004 350° 52 132 Rainband Weak telemetry near EOD; data after | | splash; possible -3.4 mb P bais | | 18 044535117 151255 29.12 79.03 1001.0 285° 41 17 Rainband | | 19 043845002 151427 30.25 79.22 1003.7 30° 33 21 Rainband Possible -3.6 mb P bias | | 20 051926254 154652 29.87 79.43 1003.1 360° 37 19 Rainband Possible -2.8 mb P bias | | 21 051926090 155224 29.42 79.32 1001.9 330° 29 29 Rainband Possible -2.7 mb P bias | | 22 051926175 155950 29.10 78.95 1002.0 290° 37 28 Rainband Possible -3.4 mb P bias | | 23 053116031 164043 30.97 79.91 1007.6 25° 37 10 Possible -5.4 mb P bias | | 24 053116234 165928 30.29 78.78 1000.1 25° 51 10 NW Eyewall Possible -4.0 mb P bias | | 25 053116244 170925 29.69 78.61 982.8 60° 06 10 Eye Data after splash; possible -4.5 mb P bias | | 26 053116243 171618 29.57 78.46 991.0 225° 41 10 W Eyewall Possible -3.9 mb P bias | | 27 053116064 171932 29.40 78.50 995.7 265° 48 29 W Eyewall Weak telemetry and intermittent winds | | below 940 mb; possible -2.9 mb P bias; | | RH heating cycles | | 28 053116026 172840 29.44 79.01 1000.9 315° 54 15 Rainband | | 29 053116029 173902 29.89 79.27 1002.9 5° 36 19 Rainband Anticyclonic rotation; possible -3.6 mb | | P bias | | 30 053116104 174947 30.42 78.91 1001.9 35° 37 13 Rainband Possible -3.8 mb P bias; anticyclonic | | 31 053116067 175429 30.24 78.69 999.2 20° 62 23 Rainband Possible -3.3 mb P bias | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+