N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Ophelia                    Dropwindsonde Scientists Mike Black
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Flight ID 050911H                Flight Director Jack Parrish                                  Takeoff from MACDILL  at   1718  UTC
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Mission ID WX16A OPHELIA         AVAPS Operators Bill Olney/Beth Kerr                          Recovery  at MACDILL  at   0103   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)    (UBLOX sondes except where noted)          |
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|  1    053170056  181150  28.95  78.45 ------   --------------                         At buoy ~200 n.m. SW; no winds; Rev "D"    |
|                                                                                       sonde                                      |
|  2    053116239  183133  29.91  77.58 1011.6   290°  25     5         Rainband        Outer rainband; RH heating cycles          |
|  3    053116091  185150  30.79  76.56  1003    290°  43     5                         50 n.m. SW; stratiform                     |
|  4    051946054  190037  31.17  76.14  986.5   283°  52     7         SW Eyewall      Near inner eyewall; RH heating cycles      |
|  5    053116107  190516  31.38  75.92  976.7   102°  06     7  24.7      Eye                                                     |
|  6    053116102  191019  31.60  75.66  989.3   117°  49     7         NE Eyewall                                                 |
|  7    053116160  191835  31.98  75.32 1002.6   121°  47     6  26.9   Rainband        50 n.m. NE                                 |
|  8    053116022  193129  32.20  75.89  999.0    51°  62     8         Rainband        50 n.m. north                              |
|  9    053116097  195000  31.96  76.58 1005.4    38°  55    10  22.2?  Rainband        50 n.m. NW; DLD 6 s; RH heating cycles     |
|  10   051946048  201035  31.04  75.54   994    200°  57    12  ----   SE Eyewall      DLD 6.5 s; RH heating cycles               |
|  11   053116237  201654  30.78  75.23  1002    194°  42    15  ----                   50 n.m. SE                                 |
|  12   053170064  205357  32.25  75.39 ------   --------------         Rainband        No winds; Rev "D" sonde                    |
|  13   053116098  210059  32.67  75.49  1005     78°  51     7         Rainband        North                                      |
|  14   053170072  211800  31.32  76.04 ------   --------------            Eye          No winds; Rev "D" sonde                    |
|  15   051946056  213501  32.25  76.08  1002     84°  56    12         Rainband        RH heating cycles                          |
|  16   053116101  214457  32.62  76.30  1007     60°  44     4         Rainband                                                   |
|  17   051946055  220410  31.78  76.80  1000     32°  43     7         Rainband        50 n.m. NE; RH heating cycles              |
|  18   051946050  221730  32.27  76.05  979.1   145°  10     8            Eye                                                     |
|  19   053116028  223426  31.45  75.15  1002    136°  37     5                         50 n.m. east                               |
|  20   051946052  225626  32.05  76.14  1000     59°  49    12         Rainband        50 n.m. north                              |
|  21   053116099  232446  31.18  77.13  1000    340°  44     4         Rainband        50 n.m. west                               |
|  22   053116108  234903  30.71  78.87  1012    352°  36     7  27.1                   125 n.m. west                              |
|  23   051370003  000547  30.04  79.96 ------   --------------                         Rev "D" sonde; test of old software with   |
|                                                                                       codeless sonde                             |
|  24   053166320  001410  29.70  80.50 ------   --------------                         Rev "D" sonde; test of new software with   |
|                                                                                       codeless sonde                             |
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