N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Rita Dropwindsonde Scientists Shirley Murillo -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 050922I Flight Director Marty Mayeaux Takeoff from MACDILL at 131238 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 1818A RITA AVAPS Operators Damon San Souci Recovery at MACDILL at 222149 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) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 002615518 143854 25.80 88.10 981.8 103° 62 14 29.0 BT @ IP | | 2 043615137 144639 25.44 88.54 929.4 51° 105 22 N Eyewall UBLOX sonde; RH heating cycles | | 3 011378083 144711 25.41 88.57 ------ 74° 89 N/A N Eyewall Bad T and RH whole sounding; no heights | | 4 002158070 144905 25.30 88.64 913.3 191° 04 8 28.2 Eye Late winds 82 s; BT combo | | 5 012025038 145759 25.20 88.78 ------ 266° 128 98 SW Eyewall RH heating cycles | | 6 044535006 145824 25.18 88.81 944.1 275° 87 10 SW Eyewall UBLOX sonde | | 7 051926067 150422 24.91 89.11 978.3 285° 47 19 SW Eyewall Secondary eyewall; UBLOX sonde | | 8 013345126 150943 24.66 89.39 988.4 296° 35 20 28.4 Delayed launch detect 6 s; RH heating | | cycles; no RH below 791 mb; BT combo | | 9 011378204 151554 24.37 89.71 994.4 305° 43 8 29.2 BT combo; RH heating cycles | | 10 011378082 152300 24.02 89.89 996.8 281° 29 7 29.6 BT combo; RH heating cycles | | 11 012025041 160104 24.71 87.99 982.9 190° 50 8 28.7 Delayed launch detect 5 s; BT combo; RH | | heating cycles | | 12 044535050 160946 25.17 88.46 966.1 170° 72 18 SE Eyewall Secondary eyewall; delayed launch detect | | 10 s; UBLOX sonde; RH heating cycles | | 13 044535574 161328 25.36 88.66 933.4 141° 113 26 SE Eyewall Moist; UBLOX sonde | | 14 011838035 161354 25.39 88.70 ------ -------------- SE Eyewall Delayed launch detect 16 s; telemetry lost | | below 760 mb--no winds | | 15 011245470 161902 25.43 88.82 914.9 182° 04 5 Eye Clear eye; RH heating cycles | | 16 011378079 162343 25.53 88.94 ------ -------------- NW Eyewall P flaky and missing below 878 mb; RH2 cuts | | out at 745 mb and RH1 cuts out at 780 mb; | | RH heating cycles; only one wind in mid- | | sounding | | 17 051926203 162435 25.57 88.98 936.1 340° 118 10 NW Eyewall UBLOX sonde | | 18 051946051 163040 25.86 89.28 975.6 7° 56 10 28.9 BT launched earlier; UBLOX sonde; | | RH heating cycles | | 19 010748096 163505 26.08 89.51 985.9 14° 54 21 28.4 BT combo | | 20 011378081 164213 26.43 89.90 993.7 39° 56 8 28.8 BT combo | | 21 012025042 164854 26.61 90.30 997.7 44 41 8 29.3 BT combo; delayed launch detect 5 s | | 22 043845187 173909 25.24 89.29 ------ -------------- SW Eyewall Secondary eyewall; false launch detect-- | | no release | | 23 053166112 174125 25.36 89.18 ------ -------------- SW Eyewall Inner eyewall; false launch detect-- | | no release | | 24 011378080 174514 25.57 89.02 913.6 139° 10 5 Eye Bowl-like center | | 25 012025067 175309 25.70 88.91 ------ 76° 136 47 NE Eyewall Inner eyewall; late winds 67 s; RH spotty | | below 863 mb | | 26 053166167 175612 25.83 88.76 959.4 108° 93 9 Moat region; UBLOX sonde | | 27 053166065 190721 25.98 89.52 ------ 358° 72 4 NW Eyewall Outer (secondary) eyewall; UBLOX sonde; | | RH heating cycles | | 28 053116069 190902 25.91 89.43 952.5 353° 103 11 NW Eyewall Inner eyewall; UBLOX sonde | | 29 012025039 191101 25.83 89.34 925.6 354° 128 55 NW Eyewall RH heating cycles--RH2 sensor outages | | affecting heating cycles | | 30 012025036 191320 25.73 89.20 912.9 171° 16 8 Eye | | 31 012625023 191523 25.64 89.08 926.7 162° 134 47 SE Eyewall Dry layer; RH heating cycles--RH2 sensor | | outages below 824 mb, affecting heating | | cycles | | 32 053166066 191906 25.49 88.91 959.6 177° 78 17 Moat (SE); UBLOX sonde | | 33 053116030 192026 25.44 88.84 966.7 174° 70 19 SE Eyewall Outer eyewall; moist; UBLOX sonde | | 34 012625035 204049 25.98 89.32 926.2 77° 140 183 NE Eyewall RH heating cycles | | 35 012025037 204324 25.83 89.43 911.4 216° 02 32 Eye Weak telemetry and spotty winds towards | | EOD | | 36 012625019 204655 25.82 89.25 926.0 136° 113 15 SW Eyewall RH heating cycles | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+