N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Wilma Dropwindsonde Scientists Sim Aberson -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 051021N2 Flight Director Paul Flaherty Takeoff from MACDILL at 1822 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 1624A WILMA AVAPS Operators Dale Carpenter/Dave Brogan/Mark Rogers Recovery at TAMPA at ~0215 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) (UBLOX sondes) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 053166198 185536 24.99 83.98 1009.7 115° 21 10 145° 18 In cloud; RH heating cycles | | 2 053166204 194115 21.27 83.81 1002.0 140° 37 10 165° 46 In cloud; RH heating cycles | | 3 053166123 195820 19.98 82.09 1005.5 160° 24 10 180° 35 In cloud; RH heating cycles | | 4 053166120 201732 18.13 83.50 1004.3 180° 20 10 200° 33 In cloud; RH heating cycles | | 5 053166195 203724 16.27 85.05 1004.4 240° 11 10 225° 22 Cirrus; clear below; RH heating cycles | | 6 053156032 205117 16.33 86.75 1003.7 250° 19 19 260° 23 Ci; SCu below | | 7 053166003 210805 18.19 87.48 999.5 245° 37 10 280° 39 In cloud; RH heating cycles | | 8 053166196 211849 18.37 86.07 999.5 235° 33 10 240° 42 In cloud | | 9 053166202 213233 19.48 84.61 1001.0 170° 32 15 200° 50 In cloud; RH heating cycles | | 10 053166201 215106 21.80 85.10 998.8 105° 33 10 145° 51 In cloud; RH heating cycles | | 11 053116133 220030 22.92 85.58 1002.9 80° 42 12 120° 40 In cloud; strange launch detect--manually edited | | AVAPS file | | 12 051946063 221012 24.01 86.11 1005.0 90° 32 21 110° 24 In cloud | | 13 053116137 222352 24.03 87.93 1005.2 60° 26 18 60° 28 Cirrus above; cloud below; RH heating cycles | | 14 044535518 223827 22.95 89.42 1004.2 30° 28 25 35° 35 Some Cs, SCu; RH heating cycles | | 15 051946059 225252 21.28 90.02 1002.9 335° 12 21 10° 40 Nearby convection; RH heating cycles | | 16 053116130 230840 19.63 91.02 1003.5 -------------- -------- Fast fall; noisy GPS telemetry; RH heating cycles | | 17 053116131 232242 21.01 91.99 1006.4 350° 27 10 5° 28 SCu below; extremely dry ~550 mb; RH heating cycles | | 18 044135176 233912 23.01 92.01 1007.4 20° 23 10 10° 22 30% Cu | | 19 051946064 235742 25.04 92.93 1010.5 35° 21 10 355° 16 30% Cu; RH heating cycles | | 20 053116138 001806 26.88 91.01 1011.8 15° 21 10 330° 14 Dark; RH heating cycles | | 21 053116038 003532 25.08 89.94 1009.3 50° 20 10 25° 17 | | 22 053116246 005126 26.07 88.02 1009.1 70° 20 10 50° 09 | | 23 053116044 010849 28.23 87.87 1011.5 55° 06 17 280° 15 RH heating cycles | | 24 053166136 012409 28.06 85.75 1010.8 100° 17 10 260° 13 | | 25 053116236 013938 26.37 85.63 1009.3 60° 20 17 125° 06 RH heating cycles | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+