N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Rita Dropwindsonde Scientists Stan Goldenberg/Gail Hamilton/Mark Finke -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 050920N Flight Director Jack Parrish Takeoff from MACDILL at 060034 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 0918A RITA AVAPS Operators John Hill/Jim Roles/Jim Barr Recovery at MACDILL at 135025 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 000715168 061803 26.35 82.14 1013.3 32° 23 5 65° 30 Dark; removed ~520 s of extra AVAPS file records | | prior to launch; late winds 64 s; GPS signal noisy | | at mid levels; RH swap | | 2 000715173 064936 27.00 77.99 1013.0 74° 27 8 95° 27 Dark; RH swap | | 3 000715300 070351 26.95 76.02 1013.8 95° 21 7 110° 21 Dark; no RH swap | | 4 011838040 072054 25.05 75.08 1012.0 119° 25 7 130° 24 Dark; late winds 78 s; RH swap | | 5 011378158 073743 23.98 76.94 1008.7 127° 25 5 150° 35 Dark; ~80 n.m. from storm; RH swap | | 6 011378170 075555 21.85 76.55 1009.8 144° 19 8 170° 20 Dark; RH swap | | 7 011378169 081103 22.90 75.05 1011.2 120° 21 5 155° 19 Dark; no RH swap | | 8 011345123 082904 21.00 74.00 1010.9 103° 16 8 155° 14 Dark; "sonde not terminated"; no RH swap | | 9 011345124 085554 19.60 75.98 1010.1 151° 16 454 180° 13 Dark; telemetry weak/poor below 965 mb; no winds | | below 960 mb; no RH swap | | 10 011345104 092056 20.49 79.06 1008.8 165° 14 5 225° 09 Dark; RH swap | | 11 000715292 092836 20.51 80.04 1008.2 246° 06 4 265° 06 Dark; RH swap | | 12 011378172 094342 18.98 79.11 1009.7 207° 08 5 225° 07 Wind gap 685-762 mb; no RH swap | | 13 011378205 100013 18.05 81.06 1009.7 270° 02 8 255° 05 Dark; removed ~420 s of extra AVAPS file records | | prior to launch; no RH swap | | 14 011838037 101634 19.02 82.91 ------ -------------- -------- Late winds 67 s; lost winds below 350 mb; RH swap | | 14A 011378162 102249 19.69 82.60 1009.3 360° 08 8 5° 04 Dark; RH swap | | 15 000715083 103144 20.62 82.12 ------ -------------- 35° 14 Removed winds at indices 17-25; terminated early at | | ~490 mb accidentally by AVAPS operator on channel | | #1--reached surface on channel #5 but no winds | | below 560 mb; no heights; no RH swap | | 16 011838043 104341 21.33 83.55 1009.8 347° 16 14 35° 09 Some GPS signal noise; RH swap | | 17 011345125 105907 20.07 85.04 1010.1 10° 14 6 15° 06 No winds 202-228 mb; RH swap | | 18 011378168 111237 20.94 86.51 ------ -------------- -------- 20% low; lost winds below 300 mb; telemetry weak/ | | poor below 500 mb; RH swap | | 18A 053316127 111826 21.60 86.69 1011.8 24° 10 150 65° 09 10% low; no winds 880-925 mb, 950-990 mb, and below | | 998 mb; RH swap | | 19 044135260 113234 22.93 87.84 1013.4 31° 12 7 75° 14 20% low?; no RH swap | | 20 053316118 114732 23.00 86.00 1012.2 21° 17 8 70° 15 5% low; RH swap | | 21 053316119 120237 23.50 84.18 1010.7 10° 23 19 40° 21 100%?; RH swap | | 22 053316128 121733 25.20 83.64 1012.5 30° 27 7 55° 28 5% low; RH swap | | 23 044135316 123508 25.10 85.90 ------ -------------- 70° 22 5% low; better telemetry at EOD on AVAPS channel #5 | | than on channel #1; RH swap | | 24 051926041 125122 27.00 85.04 1016.4 51° 19 4 70° 20 5% low; RH swap | | 25 051926178 130744 28.32 86.46 1018.2 59° 14 7 65° 17 25% low; point shifted SW of oringial position; no | | RH swap | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+