N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Wilma                      Dropwindsonde Scientists None
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Flight ID 051020H                Flight Director Marty Mayeaux/Jack Parrish                    Takeoff from MACDILL  at   0123   UTC
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Mission ID 1124A WILMA           AVAPS Operators Bill Olney/Beth Kerr                          Recovery  at MACDILL  at   1616   UTC
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| 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)    (UBLOX sondes except where noted)          |
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|  1    053170067  183952  18.98  85.61                                 N Eyewall       Some noisy telemetry                       |
|  2    053416168  184404  18.70  85.58                                    Eye                                                     |
|  3    053416169  184848  18.46  85.78                                 S Eyewall                                                  |
|  4    053416376  201159  18.62  85.39                                 E Eyewall       RH heating cycles                          |
|  5    053316074  201658  18.78  85.71                                    Eye          Delayed launch detect 17 s                 |
|  6    053416054  202336  18.90  85.92                                 W Eyewall                                                  |
|  7    012615085  210230  18.60  87.05                                                 Rev "B.2" sonde; delayed launch detect     |
|                                                                                       76 s; no winds; RH heating cycles          |
|  8    012545013  210552  18.42  87.05                                                 Rev "D" sonde; no winds 818-844 mb;        |
|                                                                                       RH heating cycles                          |
|  9    053416059  213634  18.64  85.87                                 S Eyewall       Delayed launch detect 8.5 s                |
|  10   053416172  213953  18.85  85.76                                    Eye          Delayed launch detect 6.5 s                |
|  11   053416170  214438  19.09  85.53                                 NE Eyewall      No launch detect; no data below 753 mb;    |
|                                                                                       RH2                                        |
|  12   053416161  230044  19.06  86.03                                 NW Eyewall      PTH telemetry lost below 861 mb--winds     |
|                                                                                       continue                                   |
|  13   053316151  230520  18.93  85.73                                    Eye          Delayed launch detect 4 s                  |
|  14   053416171  231155  19.23  85.79                                 N Eyewall       No winds below 825 mb                      |
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