N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Wilma                      Dropwindsonde Scientists Stan Goldenberg
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Flight ID 051022N1               Flight Director Barry Damiano                                 Takeoff from  TAMPA   at   0554   UTC
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Mission ID 1724A WILMA           AVAPS Operators John Hill/Jim Roles/Jeff Smith                Recovery  at  TAMPA   at  132915  UTC
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| 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)              |
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|  1    053316005  062718  24.96  83.94 1006.9    94°  21    29   155°  19     Dark; late winds 75.5 s; set EOD at index 1666;     |
|                                                                              spotty winds 368-410 mb; weak/poor telemetry and    |
|                                                                              spotty winds 910 mb to EOD                          |
|  2    053170051  064107  23.47  83.09 1006.3   116°  25     5   160°  28     Dark                                                |
|  3    053316006  072744  19.89  82.41 1005.0   149°  21     4   180°  32     Dark                                                |
|  4    053316011  074640  18.50  84.38 ------   --------------   --------     Dark; fast fall--no winds; noisy PTH telemetry      |
|  4A   044535151  074842  18.35  84.59 1002.5   161°  23     4   210°  36     Dark                                                |
|  5    051926011  080655  17.10  86.53 1003.8   244°  27    10   250°  25     Dark; heaters off                                   |
|  6    053316002  082005  18.42  87.37  999.5   228°  33     7   270°  36     Dark                                                |
|  7    012225019  082902  18.61  86.17  999.3   222°  37     8   235°  42     Dark; late winds 1 min.                             |
|  8    012225069  084250  19.73  84.66 ------   177°  56   N/A   200°  50     Delayed launch detect 7 s; late winds 82 s; bad PTH |
|                                                                              telemetry and spotty winds 575-700 mb; lost data    |
|                                                                              below 914 mb                                        |
|  9    011245159  090010  21.53  84.11 1000.0   122°  39     8   170°  48     Dark; near band; only one wind above 200 mb; RH     |
|                                                                              sensor outages below 655 mb, affecting heating      |
|                                                                              cycles                                              |
|  10   011378177  092003  23.23  84.74 1000.7   103°  29     4   150°  36     Dark; RH flaky near surface                         |
|  11   053316019  093338  24.28  86.20 1002.5    74°  25     7   115°  24     Dark; set EOD at index 1766; bad PTH telemetry and  |
|                                                                              spotty winds 600-718 mb                             |
|  12   053316161  094729  24.28  88.04 ------   --------------   --------     Dark; fast fall 1st half then okay; noisy GPS       |
|                                                                              telemetry                                           |
|  13   053316132  095545  23.72  88.93 1000.9    28°  27     4    45°  29     Dark; moved midway between points 12 & 13 to cover  |
|                                                                              for #12                                             |
|  14   053316169  101925  24.93  91.07 1008.6    10°  23     5     5°  17     Dark                                                |
|  15   012525029  103612  24.11  93.02 1009.1     3°  23     7   355°  20     Dark; RH1 sensor bad, affecting heating cycles--    |
|                                                                              used RH2 and interpolated RH2 values at 660-720 and |
|                                                                              780-840 s; dry                                      |
|  16   053316133  105315  26.01  93.90 1010.6    12°  16     4   325°  18     Dark; dry                                           |
|  17   053316137  110831  27.07  92.02 1010.6    15°  19     7   315°  16                                                         |
|  18   053316167  112350  28.93  91.85 1013.0    20°  19     8   295°  22     Dry; really low surface temperature?; heaters off   |
|  19   003135203  113647  28.20  90.00 1011.0    21°  21     8   285°  16     Heaters off                                         |
|  20   010715158  115608  26.03  88.94 ------   --------------   --------     10% low; bad T, RH, and GA until ~800 mb            |
|  20A  012225211  115721  26.00  88.76 1007.5    39°  16     7    35°  07     10% low; heaters off                                |
|  21   002615321  120944  26.17  87.09 1007.6    62°  17     8   100°  06     100% low; heaters off                               |
|  22   053316170  122557  28.05  87.91 1010.2     6°  17    10   280°  12     100% low below; late winds 70 s                     |
|  23   051926165  124132  29.37  85.97 ------   --------------   --------     30% low; bad winds; weak/poor telemetry 763 mb-EOD  |
|  23A  053316160  124327  29.16  85.86 1009.7   350°  08     7   260°  23     20% low                                             |
|  24   053316153  125728  27.57  85.22 ------   --------------   --------     Fast fall--no winds; no PTH telemetry 185-300 mb on |
|                                                                              AVAPS channel #3--okay on channel #5; heaters off   |
|  24A  053316168  125909  27.38  85.15 1009.0    97°  02   N/A   235°  14     100% below; fast fall?--kept winds; no PTH          |
|                                                                              telemetry first 51 s; noisy GPS signal; no winds    |
|                                                                              below 783 mb; heaters off                           |
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