N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Wilma                      Dropwindsonde Scientists John Gamache
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Flight ID 051022H                Flight Director Marty Mayeaux/Jack Parrish                    Takeoff from MACDILL  at   1547   UTC
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Mission ID 1924A WILMA           AVAPS Operators Beth Kerr/Bill Olney                          Recovery  at MACDILL  at   0047   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)                             |
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|  1    051926088  174001  21.69  86.63 ------   108°  74   N/A         NE Eyewall      Noisy telemetry--difficult to determine    |
|                                                                                       EOD; RH heating cycles                     |
|  2    053416165  174919  21.22  87.09 ------   --------------            Eye          No launch detect; weak telemetry at EOD    |
|  3    053416339  175815  21.24  87.08   958     15°  03     7            Eye          Delayed launch detect 6 s; backup eye      |
|                                                                                       sounding                                   |
|  4    051926144  180707  20.88  87.54  974.5   279°  54     8         SW Eyewall      Weird noise beyond EOD                     |
|  5    053116270  191108  20.83  86.58   977    183°  80     9         SE Eyewall      RH heating cycles                          |
|  6    051926017  192104  21.32  87.08   957    319°  02    10            Eye          RH heating cycles                          |
|  7    053156021  192829  21.69  87.46   974      8°  70    10         NW Eyewall                                                 |
|  8    053156037  203423  21.05  87.44 ------   --------------         SW Eyewall      Delayed launch detect 5 s; RH heating      |
|                                                                                       cycles                                     |
|  9    051926142  204154  21.43  87.07   958    115°  04     5            Eye                                                     |
|  10   053166170  205049  21.87  86.63   978    102°  68     9         NE Eyewall                                                 |
|  11   053116032  214522  21.79  87.48 ------   --------------         NW Eyewall                                                 |
|  12   044415237  215337  21.44  87.00   957    172°  08     5            Eye          RH heating cycles                          |
|  13   053116277  220240  21.01  86.51   975    182°  80    36         SE Eyewall                                                 |
|  14   053166114  225500  21.91  86.62 ------   128°  82   N/A         NE Eyewall      No launch detect; no data below 858 mb;    |
|                                                                                       no heights                                 |
|  15   053156026  230218  21.51  86.95   959    266°  08    10            Eye          Delayed launch detect 3 s                  |
|  16   053156003  231234  21.92  86.59 ------   100°  76   N/A         NE Eyewall      PTH telemetry lost at 965 mb--winds        |
|                                                                                       continue; no heights                       |
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