N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Wilma Dropwindsonde Scientists Stan Goldenberg -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 051020N1 Flight Director Barry Damiano Takeoff from MACDILL at 054521 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 1024A WILMA AVAPS Operators Jeff Smith/Jim Roles/John Hill Recovery at TAMPA at 132320 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 002615601 060951 26.01 84.09 1011.6 77° 16 7 110° 06 Dark; very dry aloft above 700 mb; no winds | | 365-387 mb; heaters off | | 2 000715047 062512 26.11 85.97 1012.4 81° 14 7 120° 04 Dark; very dry above 700 mb | | 3 002615535 064101 27.98 86.14 1013.3 101° 10 4 195° 04 Dark; delayed launch detect 7 s; very dry above | | 800 mb and strong shear | | 4 002615605 065953 28.00 88.51 1013.1 108° 08 5 245° 07 Dark; delayed launch detect 4 s; dry above 850 mb | | 5 002615333 072008 27.89 90.97 1012.3 108° 08 4 265° 08 Dark; very dry above 850 mb | | 6 010715179 073613 26.02 90.87 1012.1 82° 06 8 295° 05 Dark; dry; removed winds 22-26 s | | 7 000745017 074552 26.00 89.50 1011.5 92° 14 8 295° 02 Dark; very dry above 840 mb | | 8 002615559 075643 25.88 88.02 1008.8 80° 14 5 105° 01 Dark; dry above 750 mb | | 9 002648002 081259 24.03 88.11 1009.0 79° 12 5 55° 08 Dark; late winds 75 s; dry above 700 mb; very dry | | above 500 mb | | 10 012225059 082400 24.00 89.50 1009.9 58° 12 7 20° 08 Dark; late winds 86 s | | 11 012548001 083552 23.88 90.98 1010.8 43° 06 4 355° 07 Dark; PTH telemetry dropout 440-470 mb; dry above | | 850 mb | | 12 012225085 085159 22.02 90.88 1010.1 358° 10 7 10° 10 Dark; dry above 700 mb | | 13 000715352 090955 22.00 88.49 1008.6 37° 14 5 35° 17 Dark; late winds 66 s; dry above 500 mb; getting | | moist on top | | 14 000715381 092904 21.88 86.08 1007.2 81° 27 N/A 80° 20 Dark; no winds 625-670 and below 725 mb; dry bias | | below? | | 15 012548020 094024 20.62 86.60 1003.6 53° 31 N/A 50° 30 Dark; lost winds at 615 mb; removed winds 30-86 s | | 16 011838038 095233 19.25 87.19 ------ -------------- -------- Codeless sonde; some brief wind gaps | | 16A 053170069 095411 19.04 87.22 1001.2 335° 35 32 20° 44 UBLOX sonde; heaters off; cleaner than sonde #16 | | 17 053166113 100441 17.75 87.27 1001.5 294° 43 46 345° 45 UBLOX sonde; heaters off | | 18 012625005 101853 16.75 85.76 997.9 250° 35 8 290° 50 70 kt near surface; RH1 sensor outages below 758 & | | RH2 outages below 904 mb, affecting heating cycles | | 19 053170066 103239 16.78 83.95 1000.7 198° 31 41 220° 43 UBLOX sonde; heaters off | | 20 002158079 104644 17.73 82.41 1004.3 139° 27 8 175° 40 | | 21 012225057 110653 17.16 80.01 1007.4 130° 21 4 165° 25 | | 22 002615314 112244 18.96 80.05 1008.3 130° 27 8 160° 27 100% below | | 23 012225155 113906 19.66 81.90 1005.9 119° 25 4 155° 39 In cloud | | 24 043845097 115420 21.20 82.88 1008.8 85° 27 9 125° 35 In cloud; point shifted ~3 min. later; no winds | | 800-829 mb; EOD is last record--1007.8 mb is true | | 25 002615567 121157 21.79 85.12 1004.4 91° 31 9 100° 32 In cloud; lots of turbulence; point shift to turn | | point to "replace" drop location #14; set EOD to | | record 1657 | | 26 984728032 123115 23.97 85.82 1010.9 85° 19 5 115° 11 5% below; edge of CDO; messed up RH--sensors not | | swapping properly | | 27 984325418 124506 23.86 83.98 1011.5 86° 17 27 135° 15 50% low; same RH problems at sonde #26 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+