Flights in MITCH 1998
Flight ID   Centers  Passes  Press    Start time       End time
981022U1        2       4     950    1215Z Oct 22     0801Z Oct 23
981023U2        2       4     950    1310Z Oct 23     2356Z Oct 23
981024U1        2       4     850    0059Z Oct 24     1157Z Oct 24
981024U2        2       4     850    1247Z Oct 24     0017Z Oct 25
981025U1        2       4     700    0048Z Oct 25     1104Z Oct 25
981025U2        2       4     700    0644Z Oct 25     1706Z Oct 25
981026U1        2       4     700    0052Z Oct 26     1036Z Oct 26
981026U2        3       6     700    1323Z Oct 26     2319Z Oct 26
981027U1        4       6     700    0133Z Oct 27     1125Z Oct 25
981027U2        3       6     700    1344Z Oct 27     2315Z Oct 27
981027I         5      10     700    1845Z Oct 27     0301Z Oct 28
981028U1        6      12     700    0204Z Oct 28     1429Z Oct 28
981028U2        5       8     700    1406Z Oct 28     0117Z Oct 29
981029U1        5      10     700    0150Z Oct 29     1424Z Oct 29

Total          25      86


Data from MITCH98_27U1 should be used with caution, if at all. The clock
on the aircraft was set backwards (!!!) by about 6 1/2 minutes during the
downwind leg between the 2nd and 3rd centers (between passes 4 and 5).
The position did not jump, so this was not a duplication of data.
Approx. 7 minutes of data were deleted and the analysis continued. The
actual time between the 2nd and 3rd centers is about 7.5 percent less than
the nominal time, which will slightly distort the translational motion
of the storm and the speed of development during this period.

The 03U1 and 04I flights were unprocessable. In each case, the storm had
just passed over land, and was disorganized. The wind and pressure curves were
very flat, and it was impossible to find valid centers.

The first pair of passes for this storm are not entirely reliable. MITCH98
was very weak at that point, and it is difficult to find a reliable center
in weak storms - both the tan wind and pressure curves are fairly flat,
making the overall center poorly defined.


MITCH98_30U1: Data system failure early in flight, no useful data
MITCH98_30U2: AF could not find a center, no useful data
MITCH98_04U1: Data system failure early in flight, no useful data


Global tracks and the flights processed using them:

MITCH98_950MB1: 22U1, 23U2
MITCH98_850MB:  24U1, 24U2
MITCH98_700MB1: 25U1, 25U2
MITCH98_700MB2: 26U1, 26U2
MITCH98_700MB3: 27U1, 27U2
MITCH98_700MB4: 27I, 28U1
MITCH98_700MB5: 28U2, 29U1
MITCH98_950MB2: 03U1, 04I