N49RF HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log Storm Wilma Dropwindsonde Scientists Stan Goldenberg -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Flight ID 051024N Flight Director Barry Damiano Takeoff from TAMPA at 052201 UTC ---------------------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Mission ID 2624A WILMA AVAPS Operators Jeff Smith/John Hill/Jim Roles Recovery at TAMPA at 1246 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) (RH heating cycles except where noted) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 032418052 055835 29.10 78.08 1004.1 154° 14 7 200° 35 Change time from 0558 -> 0600 UTC | | 2 044535044 061422 31.03 78.89 1005.1 81° 16 7 215° 36 Major winds shift at surface | | 3 032345166 062727 31.84 76.93 1006.0 88° 14 5 215° 35 | | 4 051926156 064402 30.08 75.88 1005.2 144° 10 4 215° 33 Very strong updraft at ~650 mb--maybe hit cell | | 4A 051946023 064822 30.37 75.27 1006.5 148° 16 8 215° 34 Heaters off | | 5 032418015 065709 30.89 73.99 1006.4 159° 16 7 220° 36 Heaters off | | 6 033418048 071401 28.95 73.04 ------ -------------- -------- No winds | | 6A 051926127 071552 28.75 73.13 1007.1 147° 16 8 205° 29 Heaters off | | 7 044535153 073201 26.99 73.96 1006.2 142° 16 7 185° 27 Heaters off | | 8 033518044 074921 25.02 73.17 1006.3 110° 06 5 165° 25 | | 9 032418049 080311 25.09 75.03 1004.6 152° 17 4 190° 20 | | 10 051926130 081906 26.83 76.05 1003.9 160° 17 4 190° 32 RH bad for last few observation--used data from | | other sensor--827-876 s = 84%--threw out last value | | 11 053416338 083549 25.10 77.05 1003.0 160° 25 32 195° 36 Heaters off; UBLOX sonde | | 12 053416017 085046 26.17 78.61 999.0 142° 27 33 190° 48 UBLOX sonde | | 13 044535154 090525 24.51 79.21 997.9 159° 41 5 205° 55 | | 14 033418037 092042 23.49 80.76 996.6 200° 31 5 230° 62 | | 15 041345062 093541 23.51 82.61 995.9 267° 41 6 275° 57 RH adjusted for dry bias | | 16 044535026 094941 24.57 84.03 995.2 312° 47 4 305° 52 Dry aloft | | 17 032418067 100354 26.23 84.70 998.7 346° 47 7 320° 36 Removed winds 584-600 s; big wind gap 647-811 mb | | 18 051946016 101712 25.65 86.31 1004.2 334° 37 6 300° 31 Very dry aloft | | 19 051946024 103151 25.00 88.00 1007.5 343° 37 N/A 280° 31 Very dry; no winds below 835 mb | | 20 033518038 104927 24.18 89.92 1011.2 1° 21 4 295° 26 Very dry | | 21 051926135 110046 25.66 89.45 1011.4 358° 25 7 290° 30 Put between drops #20 and 22 | | 22 053416099 111048 27.01 89.00 1011.6 6° 31 61 285° 33 Heaters off; UBLOX sonde | | 23 053416217 112152 28.51 89.01 1013.9 10° 37 61 280° 39 Intermittent winds aloft; flaky winds; drop moved a | | bit to east; UBLOX sonde | | 23A 053416316 112603 29.05 88.94 ------ -------------- -------- Spotty winds at upper levels; no winds below 890 mb | | drop moved a bit to east; UBLOX sonde | | 24 053116060 113239 29.36 87.91 1013.3 284° 39 N/A 255° 59 Only one wind below 465 mb; heaters off; UBLOX | | sonde | | 25 053170082 114544 28.12 86.90 1009.0 349° 31 7 280° 32 50% low; UBLOX sonde | | 26 053316028 115908 29.42 85.37 1009.1 358° 29 5 265° 29 Cloud; heaters off; UBLOX sonde | | 27 053416016 121005 28.76 83.99 1004.4 349° 37 10 285° 16 Gravity waves and strange clouds below; UBLOX sonde | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+