N42/3RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Wilma                      Dropwindsonde Scientists John Gamache
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Flight ID 051023H                Flight Director Marty Mayeaux/Tom Shepherd                    Takeoff from MACDILL  at  175319  UTC
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Mission ID 2324A WILMA           AVAPS Operators Beth Kerr/Bill Olney                          Recovery  at MACDILL  at   2221   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)                                               |
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|  1    012545012  183829  25.27  82.95 ------   --------------                         Delayed launch detect 5 s; no winds; Rev   |
|                                                                                       "B" sonde--old sonde for SFMR comparison   |
|  2    012625040  184431  24.98  83.21   998    109°  27    10                         Delayed launch detect 3.5 s; RH heating    |
|                                                                                       cycles; Rev "B" sonde--old sonde for SFMR  |
|                                                                                       comparison                                 |
|  3    053416160  191513  23.66  84.74   973    113°  81    37         NE Eyewall      UBLOX sonde                                |
|  4    053166150  191521  23.66  84.74 ------   --------------         NE Eyewall      Telemetry lost below 891 mb; RH heating    |
|                                                                                       cycles; UBLOX sonde                        |
|  5    053416167  195131  23.64  84.75 ------   --------------         NE Eyewall      UBLOX sonde                                |
|  6    053416166  191544  23.64  84.76 ------   --------------         NE Eyewall      No launch detect; no PTH telemetry below   |
|                                                                                       675 mb--winds continue; UBLOX sonde        |
|  7    053156033  203255  22.75  85.73   984    288°  62    19         SW Eyewall      Delayed launch detect 5 s; RH heating      |
|                                                                                       cycles; UBLOX sonde                        |
|  8    053166069  203301  22.76  85.73 ------   --------------         SW Eyewall      Delayed launch detect 5 s; RH heating      |
|                                                                                       cycles; UBLOX sonde                        |
|  9    053166151  203316  22.78  85.72 ------   --------------         SW Eyewall      Delayed launch detect 13.5 s; RH heating   |
|                                                                                       cycles; UBLOX sonde                        |
|  10   053156031  203326  22.78  85.71 ------   --------------         SW Eyewall      Delayed launch detect 183 s; noisy PTH     |
|                                                                                       telemetry above 815 mb; UBLOX sonde        |
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