N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Rita Dropwindsonde Scientists Jason Dunion -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 050923I Flight Director Marty Mayeaux Takeoff from MACDILL at 1535 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 2318A RITA AVAPS Operators Ray Tong/Damon San Souci Recovery at MACDILL at 0114 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 053166166 173033 28.39 91.38 981.7 105° 81 5 NE Eyewall Moat area between inner & outer eyewalls; | | no data ~750-950 mb; UBLOX sonde | | 2 044535230 173354 28.26 91.55 ------ -------------- NE Eyewall No launch detect; moat area between inner | | and outer eyewalls; UBLOX sonde | | 3 044535081 174039 27.99 91.92 954.8 85° 55 7 NE Eyewall Outer eyewall; UBLOX sonde | | 4 053156029 174212 27.93 92.01 942.4 80° 95 7 NE Eyewall UBLOX sonde | | 5 044535561 174634 27.75 92.26 930.4 210° 05 8 Eye Data dropouts 30-160 s; UBLOX sonde | | 6 053166175 174920 27.62 92.42 940.7 273° 96 34 SW Eyewall Inner eyewall; used hydrostatic surface P; | | UBLOX sonde | | 7 053166169 174952 27.60 92.44 946.2 270° 104 29 SW Eyewall Mid-eyewall; UBLOX sonde | | 8 044535560 175409 27.41 92.66 968.9 300° 53 9 29.0 SW Eyewall Moat area between inner & outer eyewalls; | | UBLOX sonde | | 9 053166177 180015 27.12 92.98 980.9 310° 60 8 28.8 SW Eyewall Outer eyewall; no PTH 840-888 mb; no winds | | 842-885 mb; telemetry dropout near EOD; | | UBLOX sonde | | 10 012225090 180635 26.83 93.31 990.4 290° 49 6 N/A 75 n.m. SW of eye | | 11 011245475 181406 26.46 93.56 994.3 290° 30 7 29.3 105 n.m. SW of eye | | 12 012225087 181945 26.46 93.05 991.7 270° 43 7 29.0 | | 13 012225046 182532 26.47 92.52 989.3 255° 50 7 29.0 RH heating cycles | | 14 012025111 183204 26.50 91.89 989.3 228° 51 13 28.9 | | 15 012025104 183816 26.51 91.33 1001.0? 199° 52 N/A 28.6 RH heating cycles | | 16 012025072 184421 26.63 90.94 993.7 209° 42 81 27.9 Weak/poor telemetry; RH heating cycles-- | | dropouts on both sensors below 725 mb; | | spotty winds | | 17 011115129 185031 26.93 91.28 988.3 190° 53 5 N/A 75 n.m. SE of eye | | 18 053116276 185823 27.35 91.69 ------ -------------- ---- 40 n.m. SE of eye; no PTH telemetry | | between 724 and 815 mb; no winds above | | 815 mb; UBLOX sonde | | 19 053156022 185959 27.43 91.77 974.7 194° 74 154 SE Eyewall 37 n.m. SE of eye; UBLOX sonde | | 20 053156048 190223 27.57 91.90 968.8 180° 65 6 SE Eyewall Moat area between inner & outer eyewalls; | | UBLOX sonde | | 21 053116271 190803 27.87 92.21 ------ 162° 89 42 SE Eyewall Inner eyewall; did not reach surface; | | UBLOX sonde | | 22 044535559 191153 27.96 92.48 929.9 86° 02 27 Eye UBLOX sonde; 4 kt @ 47 m | | 23 053156023 191505 28.08 92.66 936.6 352° 122 61 NW Eyewall Inner eyewall; WL150 356°/21; UBLOX sonde | | 24 044535565 191608 28.12 92.71 947.7 354° 77 36 NW Eyewall UBLOX sonde | | 25 012225015 193608 29.09 93.80 992.2 10° 52 4 29.5 85 n.m. NW of eye; RH heating cycles--RH2 | | sensor outage after 900 mb, affecting | | heating cycles; intermittent winds | | 26 053116027 201745 27.44 93.25 979.3 290° 66 5 Rainband Outer rainband; WL150 285°/79; UBLOX sonde | | 27 044535010 202002 27.54 93.14 975.7 280° 57 4 Rainband Inner rainband; no data 890-940 mb; RH | | heating cycles; UBLOX sonde | | 28 053156015 202807 27.95 92.67 938.5 245° 81 7 SW Eyewall Inner edge of eyewall; WL150 270°/87; RH | | heating cycles; UBLOX sonde | | 29 053156042 203126 28.16 92.63 931.3 95° 07 5 Eye WL150 105°/05; UBLOX sonde | | 30 053116019 203631 28.35 92.34 942.2 85° 75 5 NE Eyewall UBLOX sonde | | 31 053156039 203749 28.41 92.28 953.3 95° 110 10 NE Eyewall UBLOX sonde | | 32 053156027 203941 28.49 92.18 962.9 118° 99 5 NE Eyewall Moat area between inner & outer eyewalls; | | UBLOX sonde | | 33 053156047 204243 28.63 92.02 971.5 105° 78 4 NE Eyewall Outer eyewall | | 34 012225210 210550 29.11 92.38 976.9 -------------- E-W coastal drop--S of coast; used | | hydrostatic surface P; bad telemetry and | | no winds below 863 mb; RH heating cycles | | 35 011378157 211157 29.32 93.00 ------ -------------- E-W coastal drop; delayed launch detect | | 7 s; RH heating cycles--no RH2 below | | 825 mb, affecting heating cycles; no winds | | 36 012615156 211328 29.40 93.11 986.3 15° 54 7 E-W coastal drop; RH heating cycles--RH2 | | outages below 773 mb | | 37 012225044 211940 29.61 93.59 992.9 10° 46 8 E-W coastal drop; late winds 100 s | | 38 012025108 212128 29.53 93.75 992.1 5° 58 6 E-W coastal drop; no winds 766-824 mb; | | RH heating cycles | | 39 012225047 212532 29.33 93.91 991.7 360° 53 10 E-W coastal drop | | 40 053166168 213424 28.93 93.48 978.0 352° 84 19 Rainband WL150 355°/88; UBLOX sonde | | 41 053166171 214111 28.64 93.16 ------ -------------- NW Eyewall Moat region; flagged data after ~200 s; | | UBLOX sonde | | 42 053156044 214536 28.47 92.92 938.3 351° 54 19 NW Eyewall UBLOX sonde | | 43 053156046 214606 28.45 92.89 932.8 14° 54 14 NW Eyewall UBLOX sonde | | 44 053156017 215226 28.22 92.51 940.5 150° 101 15 SE Eyewall Maximum surface srch.; UBLOX sonde | | 45 053166067 215503 28.11 92.38 957.4 185° 66 18 Moat region; WL150 180°/85; RH heating | | cycles; UBLOX sonde | | 46 053156018 220413 27.74 91.96 978.8 185° 59 16 Rainband WL150 190°/64; UBLOX sonde | | 47 053156016 225716 28.63 92.55 951.5 98° 102 43 ENE Eyewall Used hydrostatic surface P; UBLOX sonde; | | WL150 100°/100 | | 48 053156030 230239 28.48 92.88 930.1 175° 12 4 Eye RH heating cycles; UBLOX sonde | | 49 044535556 230913 28.42 92.46 955.3 155° 70 4 E Eyewall UBLOX sonde | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+