N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Rita Dropwindsonde Scientists Stan Goldenberg/Matt Sitkowski -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 050923N1 Flight Director Jack Parrish Takeoff from MACDILL at 055705 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 2218A RITA AVAPS Operators Dale Carpenter/Dave Fox/John Hill Recovery at MACDILL at 134537 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) (RH heating cycles except where noted) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 012615069 061549 27.42 84.26 1009.5 133° 19 7 160° 17 Dark | | 2 023128016 062902 27.06 85.96 1005.3 116° 27 18 165° 29 Dark; spotty winds in middle of sounding on AVAPS | | channel #2--okay on channel #6; EOD at index 1579 | | 3 993948018 064604 28.94 87.04 1007.7 103° 31 5 145° 29 Dark | | 4 012615074 070219 28.68 89.17 1002.3 99° 31 4 125° 49 Dark | | 5 011378071 071840 29.16 91.50 ------ -------------- -------- Dark; no winds until near EOD | | 5A 023128012 072343 29.03 92.21 1002.9 46° 37 11 75° 41 Dark; RH adjusted for dry bias | | 6 012225152 073643 28.63 94.00 ------ -------------- -------- Dark; late winds 139 s; intermittent winds in | | middle of sounding | | 6A 023128013 073851 28.40 94.12 1003.8 34° 31 8 45° 32 Dark; dry mid-levels | | 7 051926120 075138 26.90 94.58 ------ -------------- -------- Dark; no T, RH; no winds 440-495 mb | | 7A 012615073 075306 26.73 94.54 1002.1 360° 25 39 15° 28 Dark; dry mid-levels; no winds 243-295 mb | | 8 012258019 080701 25.14 94.06 1000.6 321° 25 7 345° 23 Dark; dry mid-levels | | 9 012615200 082544 23.08 95.05 1004.9 311° 16 8 315° 10 Dark; dry mid and upper levels | | 10 012615018 084103 23.87 96.96 1006.3 307° 12 8 355° 06 Dark; dry mid and upper levels; heaters off | | 11 053166149 085720 22.02 96.95 1006.2 298° 08 27 315° 08 Dark; dry to ~600 mb; winds flagged from 0 to 15 s; | | UBLOX sonde | | 12 012225199 091559 20.99 95.01 1005.9 280° 14 8 280° 09 Dark; EOD set at index 1668 | | 13 012258022 093531 19.05 93.96 1006.5 305° 12 N/A 255° 04 Dark; intermittent winds; lost winds below 745 mb | | 14 012615221 100130 19.48 90.97 1006.2 224° 10 N/A 205° 08 Dark; on the beach?; lost winds below 745 mb | | 15 012225203 101254 20.67 91.92 1005.3 251° 14 5 245° 10 Dark | | 16 012258023 102548 22.03 92.96 ------ -------------- -------- Dark; late winds 104 s; noisy GPS signal | | 16A 012258017 102803 22.30 92.93 1003.8 272° 16 4 270° 13 Dark; dry aloft; winds flagged 0-60 s | | 17 012225022 104216 23.97 92.95 1000.7 280° 29 9 280° 24 Dark; late winds 67.5 s | | 18 011218116 105634 24.03 90.67 ------ 245° 41 N/A 230° 28 Dark; set EOD at index 1285; lost data at 745 mb; | | no heights | | 19 012225204 111058 23.13 89.08 1003.8 216° 31 N/A 205° 20 Dark; lost winds at 635 mb | | 20 012225202 112800 25.13 89.16 ------ -------------- -------- 25% low; lost winds below 310 mb; PTH telemetry | | dropouts below 886 mb | | 20A 012525063 113536 26.04 88.88 1000.1 156° 39 9 190° 47 50% low; noisy GPS signal | | 21 012615071 114251 26.73 88.46 1001.0 145° 35 7 175° 45 100%; set EOD at index 1692 | | 22 012258008 120047 24.99 87.02 1006.5 172° 25 8 185° 26 10% below; heaters off | | 23 053170075 121653 23.01 87.00 1006.9 177° 17 7 190° 17 Clear; set EOD at index 1811; noisy GPS signal; | | heaters off | | 24 012615020 123355 21.21 86.45 1008.4 215° 14 4 195° 17 5% below | | 25 051926037 125332 23.00 85.02 1009.4 165° 23 14 170° 14 100% below; heaters off | | 26 012258007 131025 25.00 84.98 1011.0 149° 16 7 180° 17 ~50% below; keep winds 0-60 s | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+