N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Ophelia                    Dropwindsonde Scientists Jason Dunion/Sim Aberson
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Flight ID 050911I                Flight Director Marty Mayeaux                                 Takeoff from MACDILL  at  145513  UTC
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Mission ID WX16A OPHELIA         AVAPS Operators Damon San Souci/Ray Tong                      Recovery  at MACDILL  at   2345   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    002615586  161630  30.40  77.09 ------   --------------  27.7                   Rev "D" sonde; very moist; IP; telemetry   |
|                                                                                       lost near EOD; only one wind below 934 mb; |
|                                                                                       RH heating cycles                          |
|  2    053116151  163324  31.22  76.08  991.4   280°  41     4  23.0   SW Eyewall                                                 |
|  3    053116240  163534  31.34  75.96  984.0   275°  36     6         SW Eyewall      RH heating cycles                          |
|  4    053116153  163759  31.50  75.86  978.1   253°  05    16            Eye          WL150 205°/05; some weak telemetry below   |
|                                                                                       910 mb                                     |
|  5    053116070  164221  31.73  75.64 ------   --------------         NE Eyewall      Data lost below 853 mb--no surface data    |
|  6    043833090  ~1644    N/A    N/A  ------   --------------  25.1   NE Eyewall      No observations due to AVAPS operator      |
|                                                                                       terminating data stream before launch      |
|  7    010748110  170511  32.79  74.50 1012.0   110°  35     4         NE turn point   Rev "D" sonde                              |
|  8    002525267  172049  32.84  76.00 1009.1    60°  39     8         N of center     Rev "D" sonde; WL150 060°/43               |
|  9    001915290  173531  32.74  77.35 1011.4    35°  36     4  28.1?                  WL150 030°/43                              |
|  10   051946021  175621  31.61  76.19 ------   --------------  ----                   HAPS connection to AVAPS lost--failed      |
|                                                                                       (sonde data okay)                          |
|  11   043845244  180013  31.42  75.90 ------   --------------            Eye          Lost PTH telemetry and no winds            |
|                                                                                       804-891 mb; RH heating cycles              |
|  12   044535060  180351  31.27  75.72 ------   --------------         SE Eyewall      RH heating cycles                          |
|  13   044535118  180446  31.23  75.67 ------   --------------  ----   SE Eyewall      RH heating cycles                          |
|  14   010715214  182154  30.51  74.54 ------   --------------  27.7                   Rev "D" sonde                              |
|  15   044415106  190306  31.82  75.09 ------   --------------  26.5                                                              |
|  16   051926268  194434  30.56  74.92 ------   --------------                         No launch detect                           |
|  17   051926257  194550  30.66  74.92 ------   --------------  26.3                   RH heating cycles                          |
|  18   044135250  200309  32.00  75.30 ------   --------------                                                                    |
|  19   044535122  201101  32.09  76.03 ------   --------------                                                                    |
|  20   044535571  202305  31.34  76.41 ------   --------------                         RH heating cycles                          |
|  21   044835029  203215  31.09  76.49 ------   --------------                         RH heating cycles                          |
|  22   044535314  211234  31.99  75.77 ------   --------------                         RH heating cycles                          |
|  23   044535123  212843  31.29  76.88 ------   --------------                         RH heating cycles                          |
|  24   051926199  214234  30.75  75.91 ------   --------------                                                                    |
|  25   044535064  215335  30.76  76.21 ------   --------------                         RH heating cycles                          |
|  26   053116154  220655  31.35  75.65 ------   --------------                         RH heating cycles                          |
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