N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Rita Dropwindsonde Scientists Stan Goldenberg -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 050919N1 Flight Director Jack Parrish Takeoff from MACDILL at 060450 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 0418A RITA AVAPS Operators Jim Roles/Jim Barr/John Hill Recovery at MACDILL at 142923 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) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 000715297 064915 24.04 79.33 1012.1 54° 19 7 75° 15 Dark; dry; kink in both RH and wind; flagged RH | | for indices 28-31, wind for indices 50-56; RH swap | | 2 051926184 072053 23.20 83.50 1013.2 52° 08 4 60° 14 Dark; RH swap | | 3 012625075 073834 21.90 85.20 1012.5 71° 16 8 75° 13 Dark; spotty wind data in upper part of sounding | | but okay; RH swap | | 4 012615076 075740 21.25 83.00 1011.0 42° 17 7 60° 14 No RH swap | | 5 012615211 081306 21.00 80.99 1011.4 54° 12 27 55° 13 Low level wind data spotty; RH swap | | 6 051926179 082928 20.48 79.01 1010.0 40° 16 7 55° 10 No RH swap | | 7 012025060 084825 19.40 77.00 1009.1 221° 04 4 0° 00 No RH swap | | 8 012615207 092735 20.99 74.58 1007.5 248° 16 7 250° 10 Dark; some noisy telemetry in lower part of | | sounding; RH swap | | 9 000715301 093658 21.68 73.70 1006.8 227° 21 60 210° 17 Dark; drop point shifted N ~2 min.; no RH swap | | 10 012025073 095018 23.20 73.22 ------ -------------- -------- No winds and terminated early on AVAPS channel #1-- | | okay on channel #5; RH swap | | 10A 000715155 095240 23.49 73.29 1007.7 111° 43 83 130° 33 Dry bias?--RH adjusted; data gap ~550-730 s | | (680-860 mb); 50 kt near surface; RH swap | | 11 000715161 100453 24.96 73.71 1011.5 73° 21 8 100° 30 Dry bias???--RH adjusted for indices 0-420 and 9% | | offset added; no RH swap | | 12 000715171 102004 25.98 72.00 ------ 97° 27 N/A 105° 19 50% below; N edge of CDO; spotty data throghout | | sounding; EOD not surface--no heights; no RH swap | | 13 000715169 103430 25.90 70.09 1014.3 105° 19 4 110° 13 10% below; delayed launch detect 8.5 s; telemetry | | gaps and spotty winds 580-895 mb on AVAPS channel | | #2--okay on channel #5; keep winds 700-750 mb; | | no RH swap | | 14 000715172 105148 24.04 70.87 1012.4 106° 27 17 135° 17 100% below; RH2; RH adjustment applied for dry | | bias; poor telemetry and spotty winds 380-440 mb; | | no RH swap | | 15 000715088 110610 24.01 69.00 1013.7 114° 23 126 125° 10 100% below; EOD at index 1696; weak telemetry and | | spotty winds below 955 mb on AVAPS channel #2--okay | | on channel #5; RH swap | | 16 000715012 112335 N/A N/A ------ -------------- -------- No launch detect--no winds; only occasional | | telemetry | | 16A 000715166 112446 25.16 67.08 ------ -------------- -------- 50%; lost telemetry below 220 mb | | 16B 012615176 113111 25.82 67.41 1016.1 107° 19 5 100° 08 10% low; no RH swap | | 17 012025075 114207 26.96 68.00 1017.1 107° 19 8 85° 06 10% low; weak telemetry and spotty winds 408-455 mb | | and near EOD; no RH swap | | 18 011378220 120607 28.03 70.98 1017.8 77° 21 8 85° 09 10% low; no winds 395-434 mb; no RH swap | | 19 012615182 122403 29.92 72.04 1020.1 84° 16 7 60° 07 5% low; RH swap | | 20 000715156 124026 29.00 74.00 ------ -------------- 75° 10 5%; very dry; PTH and wind gap between 850-975 mb | | and weak telemetry below; EOD not surface--no | | heights; no RH swap | | 21 000715162 125727 27.95 75.93 1016.9 67° 21 7 80° 15 50%; edge of storm; no RH swap | | 22 012848004 131351 26.09 75.39 1015.0 95° 25 8 80° 29 100% below; no RH swap | | 23 000715165 133306 26.12 77.95 1015.2 54° 25 8 80° 22 Hazy; set time 133306 UTC; RH swap | | 24 000715170 134825 27.93 78.30 1017.7 60° 17 4 80° 16 5% low; no RH swap | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+