N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Ophelia Dropwindsonde Scientists Mike Black -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 050912H Flight Director Jack Parrish Takeoff from MACDILL at 1727 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID WX16A OPHELIA AVAPS Operators Bill Olney/Beth Kerr Recovery at MACDILL at 0037 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) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 053170058 192741 28.95 78.43 1013.0 273° 21 7 ---- Clear; over buoy; delayed launch detect | | 36.5 s; RH heating cycles | | 2 053170054 200938 31.02 78.23 1002.1 297° 45 4 ---- Rainband/ Low Cu; south ~100 n.m. | | S Eyewall | | 3 053166319 202542 31.74 77.44 988.2 81° 03 4 27.4 Eye | | 4 053170061 203840 32.34 76.76 998.4 94° 43 7 N Eyewall | | 5 053170057 211615 32.95 78.06 1004.2 45° 43 7 27.0 Rainband No winds 950-972 mb; deep ML | | 6 053170059 220436 32.57 77.56 997.9 72° 52 5 Rainband North of center | | 7 051926052 220601 32.66 77.58 998.9 82° 44 5 27.1 Rainband | | 8 051926078 221820 33.44 77.74 1007.3 71° 37 7 Buoy 41013 | | 9 053170060 223304 33.00 77.63 1003.8 81° 35 4 26.8 Rainband | | 10 053170004 223628 32.79 77.62 1001.9 70° 51 10 Rainband Delayed launch detect 10 s; inner edge | | 11 053170073 224314 32.75 77.61 1001.0 85° 42 28 Rainband Inner edge | | 12 012615007 232841 30.78 78.70 1006.3 293° 39 8 27.2 Rainband Outer edge at 8 kft; 70 n.m. south | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+