N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Rita                       Dropwindsonde Scientists Neal Dorst
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Flight ID 050923N2               Flight Director Paul Flaherty                                 Takeoff from MACDILL  at   1747   UTC
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Mission ID 2418A RITA            AVAPS Operators Mark Rogers/Jeff Smith/Dave Brogan            Recovery  at MACDILL  at  ~0205   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    044135151  181226  28.14  85.08 1012.3   113°  23     8   160°  17     100% Ci below; UBLOX sonde; heaters off             |
|  2    053166153  183059  30.05  86.34 1012.5   107°  19     7   150°  19     100% Ci below; UBLOX sonde                          |
|  3    053416290  184627  28.97  87.93 1007.6   122°  31     6   160°  34     100% Ci below; UBLOX sonde                          |
|  4    012225092  190338  27.03  87.08 1008.0   143°  21     4   175°  28     100% Ci below; heaters off                          |
|  5    012225026  191955  26.08  88.99 1004.2   178°  23     7   190°  39     100% Ci below                                       |
|  6    012615118  193855  28.00  90.55  993.8   137°  68     9   170°  70     100% Ci below; 86 kt @ 600 mb                       |
|  7    053316136  195011  29.15  91.54  990.9    87°  62    26   125°  76     100% Ci below; 90 kt @ 675 mb; UBLOX sonde          |
|  8    011378023  201628  26.24  91.16  997.7   196°  29     7   215°  45     100% Ci below                                       |
|  9    012548030  203058  25.17  92.63  999.4   244°  27     8   250°  31     Flaky T and RH 775-935 mb                           |
|  10   053116272  204446  25.78  94.50 1000.7   301°  27    13   290°  21     UBLOX sonde                                         |
|  11   053116042  205735  26.09  95.91 1001.1   319°  25    12   325°  18     20% low Cu; UBLOX sonde                             |
|  12   053416244  211555  23.99  96.00 1003.2   295°  10    20   295°  13     Clear; UBLOX sonde                                  |
|  13   053166094  214044  21.34  97.11 1005.5   150°  02     7   270°  07     UBLOX sonde                                         |
|  14   053416109  215902  22.00  94.99 1005.7   273°  06    10   255°  09     UBLOX sonde                                         |
|  15   012548043  221653  22.88  93.05 1004.8   279°  04   N/A   240°  16                                                         |
|  16   012548039  223318  21.02  93.05 1006.2   261°  10    10   230°  09     No winds 212-290 mb                                 |
|  17   012225023  224949  19.98  94.87 1006.3   218°  08     7   250°  06                                                         |
|  18   012548040  230936  18.65  93.12 1006.7   301°  02     7   200°  03                                                         |
|  19   012548042  232940  19.36  90.88 1007.3   305°  04     8   170°  06     No winds 345-400, 430-505, and 610-790 mb;          |
|                                                                              heaters off                                         |
|  20   012548034  235413  21.54  89.34 1006.7   262°  10     5   185°  13     Screwy vertical velocities (GPS)                    |
|  21   012548037  000636  22.04  90.95 1007.1   222°  10    10   220°  14     No winds 420-442 and 455-840 mb                     |
|  22   011345031  002208  23.93  90.94 1005.6   201°  16     5   215°  20                                                         |
|  23   012615094  003754  24.00  89.00 1007.2   184°  17     7   200°  21                                                         |
|  24   012548031  005358  24.00  86.99 1009.8   158°  14     7   180°  15                                                         |
|  25   012258004  011029  24.17  85.00 1011.5   115°  14     8   165°  09                                                         |
|  26   012258014  012656  26.00  84.96 1013.0   128°  17     9   160°  09     No winds 168-205 mb                                 |
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