N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Rita Dropwindsonde Scientists Stan Goldenberg -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 050922N1 Flight Director Jack Parrish Takeoff from MACDILL at 055956 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 1718A RITA AVAPS Operators Dale Carpenter/Dave Fox/John Hill Recovery at MACDILL at 142517 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 993215172 063339 26.12 85.94 ------ -------------- -------- Dark; late winds 2 min., 28 s; noisy GPS signal at | | upper levels; RH swap | | 1A 012225075 063515 26.30 86.00 1004.0 95° 37 8 135° 47 Dark; deep convection; RH swap | | 2 000345306 064810 28.00 86.00 1006.5 97° 21 7 105° 30 Dark; late winds 61 s; RH adjusted for dry bias; | | winds spotty at end; better telemetry on AVAPS | | channel #6 than on channel #4; no RH swap | | 3 000245002 070415 30.04 86.41 1011.7 92° 17 N/A 30° 10 Dark; late winds 1 min.; lost winds ~600 mb and | | spotty; set EOD at index 1553; PTH telemetry weak | | below 775 mb on channel #1--better on #7; RH swap | | 4 000345345 071931 28.99 87.16 1009.7 74° 25 7 80° 23 Dark; RH swap | | 5 000345348 074014 26.65 88.15 1005.1 78° 49 15 75° 55 Dark; RH adjusted for dry bias; RH swap | | 6 000345301 075244 27.58 89.58 1005.8 73° 29 8 65° 36 Dark; no RH swap | | 7 000345303 080549 27.58 91.43 1007.7 49° 21 8 55° 27 Dark; set EOD at index 1617; dry in mid-levels; | | RH swap | | 8 000345304 082000 26.59 92.93 1008.2 29° 19 4 50° 22 Dark; dry mid-level ~600 mb ; no RH swap | | 9 000345347 083735 27.85 94.96 1010.7 345° 06 7 60° 16 Dark; very dry mid and upper levels; RH swap | | 10 000345342 085335 26.02 94.97 1009.4 26° 08 7 60° 19 Dark; very dry mid/upper levels; some 0-5% RH; some | | RH sensor outages at mid-levels; no RH swap | | 11 000345346 090931 24.74 93.51 1007.2 355° 14 5 45° 16 Dark; very dry mid and upper levels; RH sensor | | outage 505-545 mb; no RH swap | | 12 000345343 092554 22.99 92.91 1005.5 339° 16 6 20° 09 Dark; somewhat dry but not as much as previous | | drops below 500 mb; RH swap | | 13 000345305 094038 21.90 91.50 1004.4 327° 21 8 320° 10 Dark; still somewhat dry aloft; RH swap | | 14 000345298 095708 20.16 91.77 1006.5 298° 16 5 295° 08 Dark; dry; MADS died; no RH swap | | 15 000335173 103443 22.99 88.08 999.1 233° 29 5 255° 35 Dark; RH swap | | 16 000345350 104637 24.37 87.59 985.5 178° 50 4 215° 69 Near original point #16 (~51 n.m. from center); | | late winds 101 s; RH2; RH adjusted for dry bias; | | keep RH 100-180; peak wind 84 kt; no RH swap | | 17 000335174 105227 24.55 86.79 994.6 157° 39 8 190° 58 Pt. #16 shifted to be ~80 n.m. from center; RH swap | | 18 000345300 110642 23.00 86.02 1003.1 187° 31 5 205° 35 Original pt. #17; RH swap | | 19 000345299 112300 21.08 86.57 1005.7 204° 21 8 215° 18 Near Cancun; 5% low; no RH swap | | 20 000345302 113842 20.01 85.09 1007.1 188° 21 4 185° 13 No RH swap | | 21 010715225 115521 18.12 85.87 ------ -------------- -------- 100% below; no T and RH whole sounding; no RH swap | | 21A 023128018 115650 18.10 85.72 1007.8 179° 10 8 175° 08 100% below; RH swap | | 22 023128015 122201 19.02 83.00 1009.0 151° 08 5 150° 12 50% below; RH swap | | 23 023128014 124713 21.23 81.15 1010.0 141° 10 8 135° 08 50% below; RH swap | | 24 000715275 130116 21.20 83.00 1009.6 160° 08 8 170° 14 70% below; RH swap | | 25 051926121 134048 24.00 84.01 1008.3 142° 25 7 180° 25 100% below; RH swap | | 26 993215103 135748 26.00 83.98 1010.2 105° 27 8 165° 28 100%; late winds 94 s; RH adjusted for dry bias; | | bad f/l wind; RH swap | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+