N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Wilma Dropwindsonde Scientists Sim Aberson -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 051020N2 Flight Director Tom Shepherd Takeoff from MACDILL at 1815 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 1224A WILMA AVAPS Operators Dale Carpenter/Dave Brogan Recovery at TAMPA at ~0225 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) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 003115174 184107 26.91 84.78 1012.6 105° 13 10 165° 08 Cirrus undercast; 10% Cu below; late winds 1 min.; | | extremely dry 350-550 mb; RH heating cycles | | 2 002615307 190109 26.01 87.01 1011.5 90° 15 10 165° 06 10% Cu; RH heating cycles | | 3 002615320 192029 26.00 89.50 1010.6 90° 09 10 320° 02 30% Cu; some TCu; possible P bias -2.1 mb; | | RH heating cycles | | 4 012225154 193953 25.94 91.95 1010.8 35° 10 10 40° 10 10% Cu; no winds 388-644 and 656-912 mb; possible P | | bias -2.1 mb; RH heating cycles | | 5 012258011 195342 24.33 92.17 1010.5 -------------- 305° 08 Clear; intermittent winds; possible P bias -3.0 mb; | | RH heating cycles | | 5A 011378234 195827 23.78 92.22 1010.3 -------------- 320° 19 10% Cu; no winds below 427 mb; possible P bias | | -2.8 mb; RH heating cycles | | 6 012025049 200752 22.67 92.33 1009.3 360° 12 10 360° 12 20% Cu; possible P bias -2.4 mb | | 7 003135178 202150 21.00 92.46 1009.4 360° 13 10 360° 15 Absolutely clear | | 8 002638080 203924 19.47 90.86 1007.2 -------------- 5° 22 Stratus; some congestus; no winds below 878 mb; | | noisy GPS signal | | 9 053316123 205154 20.91 90.42 1006.8 350° 24 10 25° 17 20% Cu; near onshore Cb; no winds 244-633 and | | 780-843 mb; possible P bias -2.2 mb; RH heating | | cycles | | 9A 012625006 205633 21.47 90.27 1007.3 355° 20 10 20° 18 50% SCu; near onshore Cb | | 10 012225169 210606 22.63 90.00 1007.7 40° 16 10 30° 13 20% Cu; only one wind above 240 mb; possible P bias | | -2.1 mb | | 11 011315001 211811 24.00 89.75 1008.6 45° 14 10 30° 07 10% Cu; RH heating cycles | | 12 012548013 213424 23.97 87.51 1008.4 80° 18 10 90° 12 Cs above and below; possible P bias -2.1 mb | | 13 051926048 214725 22.85 86.30 1007.0 75° 25 10 95° 24 Ci above; Cs and SCu below; possible P bias | | -2.2 mb; RH heating cycles | | 14 002158075 220111 21.71 85.08 1005.8 70° 30 10 115° 32 In cloud; possible P bias -2.1 mb; RH heating | | cycles | | 15 012548007 221322 21.35 83.60 1005.8 120° 28 10 135° 39 In cloud; RH heating cycles--sensor outages below | | 650 mb, affecting heating cycles; last T & RH | | @ 786 mb--manually removed RH data | | 16 011378208 222311 20.39 82.94 1004.6 115° 24 10 155° 40 In cloud; possible P bias -2.2 mb; RH heating | | cycles | | 17 034325013 223933 18.64 83.48 1001.5 135° 30 10 180° 49 In cloud; RH heating cycles | | 18 051926220 225543 17.56 84.98 998.1 195° 46 13 230° 56 In cloud; possible P bias -2.4 mb; RH heating | | cycles | | 19 053170074 231453 17.49 87.19 1001.1 280° 31 10 310° 41 In cloud; possible P bias -2.3 mb; RH heating | | cycles | | 20 051926045 232440 16.31 87.17 1003.3 250° 26 10 295° 30 In cloud; possible P bias -2.1 mb | | 21 051926047 234252 16.63 84.89 1003.6 180° 23 10 235° 36 Dark; possible P bias -2.0 mb | | 22 043835122 000111 17.03 82.51 1005.3 150° 21 10 190° 30 Possible P bias -2.1 mb; RH heating cycles | | 23 051926192 002056 19.01 81.02 1007.2 145° 22 10 165° 29 Possible P bias -2.2 mb | | 24 051926139 003743 21.02 81.06 1008.7 130° 25 10 155° 27 RH heating cycles | | 25 051926051 011651 24.02 84.92 1009.9 95° 20 10 130° 21 No winds 200-300 mb; possible P bias -2.0 mb; | | RH heating cycles | | 26 051926056 013048 25.58 83.99 1012.3 135° 23 10 160° 14 Possible P bias -2.2 mb; RH heating cycles | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+