N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Rita Dropwindsonde Scientists Mike Black/Shirley Murillo -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 050921I Flight Director Barry Damiano Takeoff from MACDILL at 1400 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID WX18A RITA AVAPS Operators Ray Tong/Damon San Souci Recovery at MACDILL at 2105 UTC --------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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) (UBLOX sondes except where noted) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 010748043 150706 24.31 84.85 992.3 133° 52 15 50 n.m. E of center; Rev "D" sonde; | | RH heating cycles | | 2 051926200 151617 24.23 85.53 948.4 99° 102 4 26.0 E Eyewall 160 kt @ 500 ft. | | 3 044535059 151657 24.22 85.58 935.1 102° 103 3 E Eyewall | | 4 051926113 151845 24.18 87.70 932.2 61° 16 8 Eye | | 5 051946033 152523 24.16 85.98 948.9 282° 139 22 W Eyewall | | 6 051946031 152615 24.16 86.04 960.1 297° 96 24 W Eyewall | | 7 012025046 153647 24.00 86.61 992.8 324° 38 8 50 n.m. W; Rev "D" sonde; RH heat. cycles | | 8 012025076 155006 23.44 85.66 ------ 236° 64 N/A 50 n.m. S; Rev "D" sonde; telemetry lost | | below 950 mb; RH heating cycles | | 9 051926202 155821 24.01 85.77 ------ 187° 120 N/A 29.2 S Eyewall Only occasional telemetry below 889 mb; | | no heights | | 10 051946034 155856 24.05 85.79 937.5 206° 171 39 S Eyewall Inside eyewall | | 11 012225001 160201 24.26 85.82 927.9 120° 33 4 Eye Rev "D" sonde; RH heating cycles | | 12 051926108 160626 24.42 85.85 941.5 13° 142 N/A N Eyewall Inside eyewall; 170 kt @ 500 ft. | | 13 051946029 160649 24.42 85.85 951.2 39° 97 29 N Eyewall | | 14 012225003 161652 25.09 85.84 994.7 60° 58 13 50 m.m. N; Rev "D" sonde; RH heat. cycles | | 15 051946035 164620 24.92 85.29 995.3 99° 66 64 NNE Rainband Start of 1st RB leg | | 16 051921205 165133 25.00 85.77 992.2 71° 58 11 NNE Rainband End of 1st RB leg; RH heating cycles | | 17 051926167 173827 25.41 85.88 ------ -------------- NW Rainband Start of 2nd RB leg; RH heating cycles | | 18 043845192 174730 25.14 86.39 994.5 61° 64 10 28.2 NW Rainband Mid-point of 2nd RB leg | | 19 051926169 175831 24.50 86.88 990.3 1° 65 5 NW Rainband End of 2nd RB leg | | 20 051926196 184656 23.56 86.47 989.8 255° 45 4 SSW Rainband Start of 3rd RB leg | | 21 051926176 185355 23.57 85.87 991.0 217° 51 36 29.3 SSW Rainband End of 3rd RB leg; RH heating cycles | | 22 051926168 190109 24.11 85.52 988.2 162° 51 5 SSE Rainband Start of 4th RB leg; RH heating cycles | | 23 051946028 190542 24.41 85.53 ------ -------------- E Rainband End of 4th RB leg; 40 n.m. E; no data | | above 825 mb | | 24 051946032 190714 24.42 85.73 980 132° 85 24 E Rainband 30 n.m. E of center; RH heating cycles | | 25 051926198 191132 24.37 86.03 938 65° 127 N/A E Eyewall No heights | | 26 044535206 191231 24.36 86.09 920.7 89° 157 19 E Eyewall Upsonde | | 27 042615116 191712 24.35 86.20 ------ 279° 06 N/A ---- Eye Terminated early by AVAPS operator at | | 680 mb | | 28 044535304 192020 24.35 86.45 935 279° 144 20 29.2 W Eyewall | | 29 044535514 192056 24.35 86.48 948 290° 112 17 W Eyewall | | 30 051926058 193543 24.24 86.21 934 159° 140 5 S Eyewall Spotty winds 739-816 mb | | 31 051926077 193614 24.27 86.23 919.8 182° 114 5 S Eyewall Few winds 720-775 mb | | 32 043615007 193810 24.31 86.34 909.1 265° 43 10 Eye | | 33 044535090 194600 24.56 86.40 936.1 334° 165 22 N Eyewall 165 kt @ 22 m! | | 34 044535519 194634 24.58 86.40 940.3 354° 171 94 N Eyewall | | 35 012025045 195548 25.15 86.40 990 53° 64 9 50 n.m. N; funny low-level temperatures; | | RH heating cycles--RH2 lost after 829 mb | | and RH1 lost after 841 mb | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+