Log N42RF 20120827H1

Time	comment
074600	take off
084810	IP 105 nm N of center drop#1 TK 180 major band with sporadic lightning just S of IP
090245	drop#2
091000	center drop#3 25 25.5, 84 18, 305/13 kt
092300	drop #4 just entering Cuban airspace - some minor rainbands wrapping around the center on S side, crescent of reflectivity on E side and major band N
093522	end leg #1 turn to TK 045 drop #5  23.8, 84.25 or about 60 nm from W tip of Cuba
100630 end downwind leg turn to TK 270 to center drop #6
100900	drop #7
101800	drop #8
103052 center 25 35 84 34 no drop 305/13 kt  radar says 25.58 84.57
104500 drop #9
105800	end leg 1 drop#10 turn TK 045 to center
111005	start inbound leg 3 drop#11
112100	drop#12 in major rainband
113200	drop#13
113900	center  drop #14 25 46, 84 45 318/13
114900 drop #15 midpoint
120300 end leg #3 turn TK 270 to point NW of center, drop #16
124300 end downwind leg turn and TK 135 for leg 4
124600 drop #17
130000	drop#18 midpoint
130600	RMW drop #19
131400	center 25 58 85 02 315/15  drop #20
132800	drop #21
134100	end leg 4 drop#22 trun TK 315 to center
140100 mid point drop #23
141500 center 270/14 25 58, 085 19 TK 360 to EP
142100	RMW drop #24
143200	midpoint drop #25
144300	end of leg #5 drop #26 climb and TK for JAX
154000

dropped 26 sondes and did 5 radar analyses