N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Ophelia                    Dropwindsonde Scientists Krystal Valde
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Flight ID 050916H                Flight Director Tom Shepherd                                  Takeoff from MACDILL  at  143610  UTC
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Mission ID WX16A OPHELIA         AVAPS Operators Beth Kerr/Bill Olney                          Recovery  at   KPSM   at  235929  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)    (RH heating cycles for all sondes)         |
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|  1    011345112  165110  33.98  74.01 1014.4   232°  27     8                         Set f/l Td missing                         |
|  2    011345122  171335  35.07  75.23 1011.4   291°  23     8                         Set f/l Td missing                         |
|  3    011345117  173715  36.18  73.77  998.2   247°  43    10         SW Eyewall      Flagged T (20-30 s); set f/l Td missing;   |
|                                                                                       delayed launch detect 4.5 s                |
|  4    011345120  175514  36.42  73.59  993.3   298°  04     7            Eye                                                     |
|  5    011345121  175732  36.54  73.67 ------   --------------         NE Eyewall      No launch detect; no data received         |
|  6    011378159  182312  37.76  72.09 1014.0   113°  17     8  26.2                                                              |
|  7    012025064  185030  39.56  70.59 1016.8   136°  14     8  24.0                                                              |
|  8    011245292  190934  40.88  71.59 1017.6    80°  16     8                         Late winds 215 s; intermittent winds       |
|  9    011378068  193636  39.33  73.26 1014.5    84°  10     4                         Dry sounding                               |
|  10   012025063  200510  37.63  74.96 1011.4    34°  16     5                         Late winds 79 s; delayed launch detect     |
|                                                                                       7.5 s                                      |
|  11   012025065  203026  36.71  73.23  994.8   248°  23     7         N Eyewall??     Dry; possible eyewall drop; weak winds     |
|                                                                                       825-925 mb; delayed launch detect 8.5 s    |
|  12   011378067  204457  36.79  72.99  997.4   129°  31     5            ???          Drop near "eye" (east); dealyed launch     |
|                                                                                       detect 19 s                                |
|  13   012025061  204640  36.85  72.89 1000.6   132°  41     8            ???          Possible NE eyewall drop; some noisy       |
|                                                                                       telemetry above 790 mb                     |
|  14   011345113  212725  35.57  71.39 1012.7   179°  39   200                         Spotty winds near end                      |
|  15   013345119  214302  36.63  70.10 1014.7   145°  31     8                         Delayed launch detect 70.5 s; late winds   |
|                                                                                       97 s; noisy GPS signal; kept flagged winds |
|  15A  013345116  214417  36.63  70.10 1014.8   161°  29     8                         Backup sonde; spotty winds 120-240 s       |
|  16   012025066  220611  38.10  68.48 1017.9   162°  17     7                         Set f/l Td missing; delayed launch detect  |
|                                                                                       9 s                                        |
|  17   011345115  222800  40.01  68.43 1018.4   150°  14     5  24.0                   Set f/l Td missing; delayed launch detect  |
|                                                                                       3.5 s                                      |
|  18   011378066  223806  40.50  67.47 1018.8   182°  16     8                         Set f/l Td missing; flagged RH 66.5-91 s;  |
|                                                                                       spotty temperatures at higher altitudes    |
|                                                                                       (< 550 mb)                                 |
|  19   012225073  224845  41.06  66.51 1019.1   173°  12     7                         RH above 550 mb questionable               |
|  20   011345118  230728  42.50  67.07 1019.5    98°  12   N/A  16.0                   Set f/l T,Td missing; spotty winds @ end;  |
|                                                                                       flagged T @ 97-103 s, end                  |
|  21   011245155  232728  42.09  69.03 1018.6    72°  08     5                         Spotty winds BOD-180 s; delayed launch     |
|                                                                                       detect 8 s; telemetry weak/poor 695-739 mb |
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