N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Wilma                      Dropwindsonde Scientists Sim Aberson
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Flight ID 051023N                Flight Director Paul Flaherty                                 Takeoff from SAVANNAH at   1816   UTC
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Mission ID 2224A WILMA           AVAPS Operators Mark Rogers/Dave Brogan/Dale Carpenter        Recovery  at  TAMPA   at  ~0230   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)                                                                    |
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|  1    042115062  184034  30.56  78.86 1006.5   190°  11    10   235°  36     Ci; SCu below; RH heating cycles                    |
|  2    051926155  190351  28.00  78.00 ------   --------------   --------     Cs; some convection; fast fall--no winds;           |
|                                                                              RH heating cycles                                   |
|  2A   053170012  190532  27.81  78.00 1006.5   150°  09    10   210°  26                                                         |
|  3    053316003  192102  26.00  78.01 1006.2   --------------   200°  28     Clear; Ci above; lost winds @ 894 mb                |
|  4    053316004  194759  23.40  79.87 1003.1   130°  21    16   180°  35     Near land convection; few winds 258-389 mb; spotty  |
|                                                                              winds 633-738 mb; RH heating cycles                 |
|  5    044135201  220630  19.05  79.99 1006.5   240°  14    10   200°  18     Near tall convection; RH heating cycles             |
|  6    044135224  222850  21.21  81.72 1002.4   200°  30    10   215°  37     Ci above; SCu below; RH heating cycles              |
|  7    051926157  224228  21.25  83.40  999.5   210°  33    10   240°  47     Top of Ci; RH heating cycles                        |
|  8    051926158  230109  20.98  85.73  999.5   280°  33    10   280°  43     Thin Ci; convection below; RH heating cycles        |
|  9    053316001  231551  21.99  87.25 1001.2   290°  32    10   305°  39     Top of Ci; convection below                         |
|  10   053316009  233101  21.55  89.13 1005.0   310°  26    10   305°  24     Thin Ci; SCu below                                  |
|  11   044135317  234928  23.02  90.93 1007.3   350°  22    10   310°  22     20% Cu                                              |
|  12   044535094  000620  24.91  89.97 1007.2     5°  28    10   310°  21     Dark; RH heating cycles                             |
|  13   044135202  002442  23.91  87.81 1001.4   345°  37    10   330°  32     RH heating cycles                                   |
|  14   051926160  003841  25.55  87.30 1002.1   360°  35    10   355°  25     RH heating cycles                                   |
|  15   043625196  005100  26.35  88.60 1006.4    10°  35    10   320°  17     RH heating cycles                                   |
|  16   051926154  010413  27.99  87.97 1008.0    25°  29    10   280°  16     Superadiabatic 936-973 mb; RH heating cycles        |
|  17   044135223  011856  28.86  86.01 1008.3    30°  27    10   260°  17     Lost winds 237-341, 355-667, and 845-890 mb;        |
|                                                                              RH heating cycles                                   |
|  18   044535150  013810  26.74  85.67 1001.6    25°  27    10    45°  20     Amazing wind structure; some weak telemetry 622-676 |
|                                                                              and 880-911 mb; RH heating cycles                   |
|  19   051926159  014916  27.29  84.22 1002.0    55°  27    10   125°  16     RH heating cycles                                   |
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