N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Wilma Dropwindsonde Scientists Sim Aberson -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 051022N2 Flight Director Paul Flaherty Takeoff from TAMPA at 1717 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 1924A WILMA AVAPS Operators Mark Rogers/Dave Brogan/Dale Carpenter Recovery at SAVANNAH at 0050 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 053416015 174606 25.98 84.94 1007.0 85° 16 10 155° 16 In cloud; RH heating cycles; UBLOX sonde | | 2 053116132 184332 19.98 83.05 1003.4 170° 33 10 185° 38 10% Cu; whitecaps; RH heating cycles; UBLOX sonde | | 3 044535105 190127 18.01 84.02 1003.6 195° 21 10 200° 28 In cloud; RH heating cyles; UBLOX sonde | | 4 053116134 191858 17.04 86.01 1003.6 235° 29 10 240° 23 Thin Ci; SCu below; whitecaps; RH heating cycles; | | UBLOX sonde | | 5 053116129 193155 17.79 87.40 1001.8 235° 29 10 270° 29 Ci above; 80% SCu below | | 6 053316135 194407 18.94 86.47 998.1 215° 37 10 245° 42 In cloud | | 7 053316164 195753 20.05 84.98 997.1 185° 44 10 200° 52 In cloud; RH heating cycles | | 8 053316145 200944 21.49 84.47 997.9 155° 44 10 175° 53 In cloud; RH heating cycles | | 9 051926166 202652 23.55 84.98 999.8 -------------- 180° 37 In cloud; no winds 232-262 mb; lost winds at | | 381 mb; RH heating cycles | | 10 053316023 204106 24.63 86.48 1000.6 -------------- 180° 21 In cloud; thin cirrus; lost winds at 241 mb; dry-- | | <50% humidity 850-925 mb | | 10A 051926163 204437 24.65 86.94 1001.5 -------------- 80° 27 In cloud; no winds 257-525 mb; lost winds at | | 643 mb; dry--<50% humidity 550-925 mb | | 11 044535126 205516 24.63 88.33 1002.7 -------------- 45° 15 Just emerging from Ci; undercast; lost winds at | | 640 mb | | 12 053316015 211009 23.56 89.82 1002.7 40° 25 10 20° 28 Above Ci | | 13 044535095 212523 21.80 90.40 1001.8 15° 38 10 360° 38 Amidst convection; late winds 74 s | | 14 051926137 213824 20.29 90.72 1003.2 320° 29 10 340° 31 60% Cu below | | 15 044135233 215637 21.04 92.91 1006.4 340° 24 10 350° 22 Clear; banding in distance; whitecaps | | 16 012225174 221427 22.99 92.08 1005.8 360° 26 10 355° 24 20% Cu; late winds 121 s; weak telemetry near EOD; | | no winds 820-880 and 960-987 mb; RH heating cycles | | 16A 053116135 221607 23.15 92.21 ------ -------------- 350° 19 20% Cu; noisy telemetry below 875 mb; did not reach | | surface--no heights; no winds below 845 mb; | | RH heating cycles | | 17 053316018 222838 24.02 93.43 1008.7 360° 21 10 340° 20 20% Cu | | 18 044135318 224545 25.95 92.47 1007.9 20° 22 10 330° 15 10% Cu; RH heating cycles | | 19 053170076 225956 25.86 90.51 1006.8 -------------- 295° 15 Ci; 20% Cu below; lost winds below ~570 mb | | 20 051926039 231702 27.91 89.92 1008.7 15° 19 10 290° 15 Thin Ci; 10% Cu below; RH heating cycles | | 21 053316121 233205 27.11 88.03 ------ -------------- 275° 05 Cloud below; sunset; did not reach surface?--no | | heights; RH heating cycles | | 22 044535152 234640 28.91 87.42 1009.1 20° 14 10 260° 21 Dark; RH heating cycles | | 23 012615110 000146 28.07 85.50 1007.6 15° 12 10 230° 16 RH heating cycles | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+