N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Rita                       Dropwindsonde Scientists Neal Dorst
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Flight ID 050922N2               Flight Director Paul Flaherty                                 Takeoff from MACDILL  at   1754  UTC
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Mission ID 1918A RITA            AVAPS Operators Jeff Smith/Dave Brogan/Jim Roles              Recovery  at MACDILL  at   0003  UTC
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| 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)                (RH heating cycles except where noted)              |
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|  1    053166068  182345  25.62  84.19 1009.0   125°  23     4   170°  29     100% obscured; UBLOX sonde; heaters off             |
|  2    053116100  183830  24.04  85.04 1006.5   156°  21     7   180°  29     60% low Cu; in cloud; UBLOX sonde                   |
|  3    000128001  185303  23.95  86.97 ------   --------------   --------     50% low Cu; poor/no telemetry and no winds 270-480  |
|                                                                              mb--intermittent winds below; telemetry lost at     |
|                                                                              810 mb; heaters off                                 |
|  3A   000345378  185821  23.40  87.30 1001.7   190°  25     7   210°  36     40% low Cu                                          |
|  4    000345307  191020  22.13  88.02 1003.0   222°  17     4   226°  24     Heaters off                                         |
|  5    000345332  192712  23.69  89.38  997.5   252°  29     7   260°  38     No data 220-235 and 845-883 mb                      |
|  6    994724150  194111  22.72  90.88 1002.2   307°  19     5   290°  19     30% low Cu                                          |
|  7    000345287  195428  22.64  92.64 1004.1   325°  23     5   320°  12     30% low Cu                                          |
|  8    000345271  201652  20.12  92.12 1005.3   303°  17     4   280°  12     Late winds 95 s                                     |
|  9    993215189  203150  20.93  93.98 1006.0   316°  21     5   295°  08     20% low Cu; noisy GPS signal at upper levels        |
|  10   012615013  205151  19.12  95.62 1007.3   353°  10     8   315°  08                                                         |
|  11   000335238  210735  20.99  96.04 ------   --------------   --------     Fast fall--no winds; heaters off                    |
|  11A  012025121  210846  21.09  96.15 1007.1   324°  16    14   300°  09     Very dry 500-600 mb                                 |
|  12   012625071  212121  22.01  97.49 1007.0    13°  06     5   340°  04     Very dry 500-600 mb                                 |
|  13   000345368  213525  23.00  96.00 1006.7   342°  16     8    30°  07     Near storm environment; no winds 630-736 mb         |
|  14   000345401  215024  23.82  94.30 1004.7   344°  29     8     5°  11     Less dry                                            |
|  15   000345319  220432  25.55  94.78 1003.6     1°  25    17    25°  14     No winds 580-607 and 690-986 mb                     |
|  16   012615034  221859  27.31  94.29 1005.5    25°  19     7    40°  20                                                         |
|  17   000345655  223300  28.57  95.42 1007.2    73°  12    10    60°  14     In clear moat                                       |
|  18   000345466  225300  28.40  92.72 1005.9    31°  25     8    55°  30                                                         |
|  19   000335240  230700  28.38  90.86 1002.8    59°  32     7    70°  41     In cloud; heaters off                               |
|  20   000345276  232205  27.32  89.37  991.9    58°  64    14   100°  66     In cloud; 104 kt @ 900 mb                           |
|  21   000335239  233635  26.37  87.89  995.3   123°  47    14   160°  55     In cloud; big updraft 700-800 mb!                   |
|  22   000345375  234719  27.32  87.16 1002.7    96°  49     8   145°  45     In cloud                                            |
|  23   000335231  000139  28.98  87.93 1006.6    96°  33     7   115°  33     Updraft                                             |
|  24   000135151  001517  30.05  86.35 1011.6    97°  31     8   125°  18     Heaters off                                         |
|  25   012615210  003145  28.03  84.97 1009.3    98°  25     7   155°  21                                                         |
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