N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Ophelia                    Dropwindsonde Scientists None
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Flight ID 050913H                Flight Director N/A                                           Takeoff from MACDILL  at   1857  UTC
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Mission ID WX16A OPHELIA         AVAPS Operators Bill Olney                                    Recovery  at MACDILL  at   0105   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)                                               |
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|  1    012615019  202058  32.00  78.75                                 SW Eyewall      RH heating cycles                          |
|  2    053170009  202303  32.06  78.62                                 SW Eyewall                                                 |
|  3    012615017  204459  32.93  77.30                                 NE Eyewall      Delayed launch detect 17 s; no winds below |
|                                                                                       960 mb                                     |
|  4    053170007  204747  33.05  77.16                                                                                            |
|  5    053156040  211428  33.38  77.76                                                 Early launch detect 30 s; UBLOX sonde      |
|  6    053166145  211657  33.27  77.80                                 N Eyewall       Early launch detect 70 s; UBLOX sonde      |
|  7    053170008  213904  32.81  77.34                                 NE Eyewall      RH heating cycles                          |
|  8    053170055  220302  33.59  75.79                                                                                            |
|  9    012615195  224034  32.82  77.43                                 NE Eyewall                                                 |
|  10   053166174  224353  32.71  77.64                                 NE Eyewall      Delayed launch detect 13.5 s; UBLOX sonde  |
|  11   012615186  225455  32.77  77.74                                 NE Eyewall                                                 |
|  12   012615192  225552  32.82  77.71                                 NE Eyewall      RH heating cycles                          |
|  13   011378077  230910  32.96  77.94                                 N Eyewall       RH dropouts below 900 mb                   |
|  14   011378216  231915  32.91  78.35                                 N Eyewall       No PTH telemetry except 896-901 mb         |
|  15   053166147  233631  32.94  78.41                                 NW Eyewall      Early launch detect 12 m,40 s; UBLOX sonde |
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