N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Ophelia Dropwindsonde Scientists Jason Dunion -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 050912N Flight Director Tom Shepherd Takeoff from MACDILL at 1745 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 1916A OPHELIA AVAPS Operators Jeff Smith/Dale Carpenter Recovery at MACDILL at 0202 UTC --------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Drop Sonde Time Lat Lon Surface Wind closet DLM Comments | | # ID # (UTC) (°N) (°W) Pressure to surface wind | | (mb) dir/spd hgt (kt) | | (kt) (m) (RH heating cycles except as noted) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 010715146 182323 27.28 78.17 1015.2 265° 16 5 270° 19 5-20% RH 200-500 mb; 10% RH 700-850 mb; | | intermittent winds ~400-500 mb | | 2 011218015 183904 27.00 76.00 ------ -------------- -------- Bad T,RH whole sounding; telemetry weak/poor below | | 818 mb--lost below 857 mb; late winds 63 s; | | no winds below 830 mb | | 3 044535335 183943 27.00 75.91 1015.6 230° 12 5 250° 17 Heaters off | | 4 011018050 185346 27.00 73.98 1016.5 205° 13 8 230° 15 No winds ~250-350 mb on channel #1--okay on channel | | #5; heaters off | | 5 011018042 190812 26.95 72.02 1016.3 165° 14 7 225° 12 25% RH @ 700 mb (shallow) | | 6 010748064 192517 25.12 70.97 1016.4 120° 10 8 180° 03 30-40% RH 550-750 mb | | 7 051926305 194714 27.00 69.00 1017.3 135° 12 7 225° 05 No winds 245-295 mb on channel #1--okay on channel | | #5 | | 8 044245125 201018 29.02 67.02 1018.6 115° 08 4 300° 11 700 mb RH ~30%; shallow | | 9 010645005 202741 30.89 67.08 1018.3 160° 07 7 305° 12 | | 10 043845267 204300 30.09 68.97 1018.1 140° 11 4 260° 08 | | 11 011018045 210150 32.01 69.97 1017.3 165° 13 8 245° 09 Moist sounding | | 12 010748057 212029 34.00 69.00 1018.0 175° 08 5 295° 09 0-5% RH 400-650 mb; moist 650 mb-surface | | 13 011018033 214200 36.00 67.11 1018.3 280° 15 7 315° 21 5-15% RH 600-900 mb; 0-40% RH 200-600 mb | | 14 010715143 215539 37.00 68.50 1018.0 255° 13 5 315° 20 5-30% RH 200-925 mb | | 15 011118001 220927 37.91 70.00 1017.9 265° 15 5 320° 17 5-40% RH 200-950 mb | | 16 011018031 223009 36.02 72.06 1017.9 128° 07 14 310° 05 5-20% RH 200-700 mb; moist 700-surface | | 17 010748065 224958 35.92 74.90 1016.9 90° 11 8 85° 08 5-15% RH 200-600 mb; 70-90% 600-surface | | 18 010748058 230547 34.11 74.12 ------ -------------- -------- Intermittent winds; backed-up | | 19 010748062 231023 34.05 73.45 1013.3 -------------- 140° 11 Moist 200-350 mb; 500 mb-surface 80-90% RH; dry | | wedge @ 400 mb (5% RH); no winds 180-270 mb and | | below 945 mb | | 20 044535179 231922 33.93 72.15 1017.1 145° 11 7 155° 06 5-30% RH 300-550 mb; moist above; moist below; | | heaters off | | 21 043845098 233603 32.30 73.51 1014.5 155° 28 7 180° 18 Dry 350-550 mb (5-40% RH); dry 800-925 mb (~30-40%) | | 22 051926304 235059 31.00 72.01 1016.5 165° 15 6 210° 12 Dry 400-500,525-700 mb; moist below/above | | 23 044415137 000757 29.06 71.12 1017.5 170° 12 4 215° 10 Very moist | | 24 051926226 002205 29.04 72.48 1016.4 140° 12 7 215° 15 Dry wedge 350-550 mb; moist above/below; no winds | | 210-235 mb | | 25 044535352 003708 30.44 74.19 1014.7 195° 17 4 200° 21 Very moist throughout; vertical velocity jumpy | | 240-460 s | | 26 043615020 005057 29.47 75.69 1014.1 215° 23 8 230° 24 0-5% RH 350-600 mb; dry wedge @ 750 mb (40% RH); | | moist above/below | | 27 051926223 010445 29.48 77.54 ------ 233° 27 N/A 265° 28 Moist sounding; weak telemetry ~900-930 mb on | | channel #2--okay on channel #6; flagged pressure | | after 900 s; no heights | | 28 043615015 011844 30.46 79.04 1009.8 285° 29 5 310° 36 Very moist throughout (80-100% below 350 mb) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+