N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Rita Dropwindsonde Scientists Mike Black/Melicie Desflots -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 050923H Flight Director Tom Shepherd Takeoff from MACDILL at 1453 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID WX18A RITA AVAPS Operators Bill Olney/Beth Kerr Recovery at MACDILL at 0028 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) (All UBLOX sondes) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 051926059 164518 27.62 91.05 981.0 137° 72 17 E Rainband 55 n.m. E of center; RH heating cycles | | 2 044535350 165532 27.63 91.80 999.5 126° 101 5 E Eyewall E of center | | 3 044535419 170000 27.63 92.14 931.3 175° 10 10 Eye No winds 758-878 and 883-914 mb | | 4 044535297 170725 27.63 92.36 944.5 309° 74 46 W Eyewall W of center; late winds 64.5 s | | 5 044135152 171653 27.59 93.08 979 353° 49 10 W Rainband 50 n.m. W of center | | 6 044415227 172446 27.15 92.62 974.4 300° 45 18 28.3 38 n.m. SW of center between eyewall and | | rainband; delayed launch detect 15 s | | 7 044535070 173353 27.19 92.08 969.2 240° 49 10 25 n.m. S of center | | 8 051926062 173934 27.57 92.15 939.2 219° 74 19 S Eyewall 2.5 n.m. S of center | | 9 044535073 174601 28.02 92.20 940.1 36° 95 13 N Eyewall Delayed launch detect 5 s | | 10 044535078 175426 28.54 92.27 975.6 56° 72 6 NW Eyewall 45 n.m. NW of center | | 11 053166014 180731 28.00 92.55 951.0 2° 83 11 NW Eyewall 31 n.m. NW of center | | 12 053166129 180827 27.98 92.50 ------ -------------- NW Eyewall | | 13 053166139 180851 27.97 92.49 ------ -------------- NW Eyewall RH heating cycles | | 14 044535079 180922 27.96 92.45 936.4 350° 72 5 NW Eyewall Delayed launch detect 3.5 s; RH heating | | cycles | | 15 044535075 184834 27.69 92.58 953.5 292° 91 75 SW Eyewall Delayed launch detect 30.5 s | | 16 053166134 190648 27.74 93.37 941.2 225° 74 11 SE Eyewall Delayed launch detect 14 s; RH heating | | cycles | | 17 053166144 201104 27.93 92.35 941.2 183° 89 27 SE Eyewall | | 18 044535575 202124 28.24 92.29 ------ -------------- ENE Eyewall No launch detect | | 18A 044535573 202217 28.27 92.24 948.4 109° 109 5 ENE Eyewall | | 19 053166005 203028 28.32 92.18 955.2 107° 91 10 NE Eyewall | | 20 053166141 203046 28.32 92.20 949.0 -------------- NE Eyewall No launch detect; no winds due to AVAPS | | buffer overflow problem | | 21 053166080 203057 28.31 92.21 952.7 115° 91 15 NE Eyewall Delayed launch detect 98 s; RH heating | | cycles | | 22 053166081 203843 28.37 92.25 ------ -------------- NE Eyewall RH heating cycles | | 23 044535568 205727 28.54 92.68 ------ -------------- N Eyewall No launch detect; PTH telemetry dropout | | near EOD | | 24 053166137 213808 28.57 92.68 939.8 52° 124 12 N Eyewall RH heating cycles | | 25 053166136 213837 28.61 92.68 942.5 47° 97 5 N Eyewall Delayed launch detect 6 s | | 26 053166133 213912 28.64 92.68 ------ -------------- N Eyewall RH heating cycles | | 27 044535003 213939 28.67 92.68 ------ -------------- N Eyewall Delayed launch detect 15 s | | 28 053156049 215117 28.63 92.73 946.1 56° 99 8 N Eyewall Inner eyewall; delayed launch detect 9 s | | 29 053166140 215750 28.58 92.81 ------ -------------- N Eyewall RH heating cycles | | 30 053166135 215847 28.63 92.80 945.3 50° 87 20 N Eyewall RH heating cycles | | 31 044535076 221340 28.86 92.38 968.4 99° 78 7 28.0 N Rainband Delayed launch detect 5 s | | 32 044535570 224422 28.68 90.87 993.6 139° 41 5 Rainband Far E rainband; delayed launch detect 52 s | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+