NASA CAMEX-4 DC-8 SORTIE 010416

Storm Humberto                   Flight Director
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Flight ID 010924D                Dropwindsonde Scientists Jeff Halverson                                     Takeoff          UTC
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Mission ID WXWXA CAMEX           AVAPS Operators Richard Wohlman                                             Landing          UTC
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| Drop    Sonde     Time    Lat    Lon  Surface   10m     MBL     BT     Location       Comments                                   |
|  #      ID #      (UTC)   (°N)  (°W) Pressure   Wind    Wind    SST    Comment                                                   |
|                                        (mb)     (kt)    (kt)   (°C)                                                              |
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|  1    012225156  210259  33.38  64.77  1016   245° 18 245° 21         350 km S                                                   |
|  2    012225132  210959  34.21  64.73  1015   ------- -------         250 km S                                                   |
|  3    012025048  211335  34.65  64.70  1014   ------- 255° 39         200 km S        No winds                                   |
|  4    012225164  213701  37.40  64.75  1010    90° 49  80° 54         135 km N                                                   |
|  5    012225143  214029  37.80  64.75  1011    55° 26  75° 29         180 km N                                                   |
|  6    012225107  214802  38.67  64.75  1015    80° 13  95° 19         275 km N                                                   |
|  7    012225114  222307  38.24  68.26  1014   ------- -------         400 km WNW      Early launch detect--sonde stuck in chute  |
|                                                                                       543 s; almost no GPS telemetry--very few   |
|                                                                                       winds                                      |
|  8    012225158  224001  37.42  66.61  1014    20° 10  20° 15         230 km WNW                                                 |
|  9    012225104  224631  37.06  65.80  1011    10° 24  20° 28         150 km WNW      Intermittent GPS telemetry 807-834 mb      |
|  10   012625058  225627                ----   ------- -------                         No launch detect; no winds; erratic P      |
|  11   012615108  225856  36.37  64.28   995   ------- -------         Inside SE       No winds                                   |
|                                                                        eyewall                                                   |
|  12   012225111  230610  35.94  63.37  1011   185° 34 185° 47         135 km ESE                                                 |
|  13   012615097  231225  35.56  62.60  1015   175° 29 180° 37         215 km ESE                                                 |
|  14   012225002  231835  35.18  61.84  1016   180° 26 180° 28         300 km ESE      Late winds--none until 343 mb              |
|  15   012225157  232917  35.06  60.72  1018   ------- -------         400 km ESE      No winds below 280 mb--GPS signal loss     |
|  16   012225131  000116  38.63  60.67  1019   130° 18 130° 19         400 km ENE      Noisy GPS telemetry in upper & middle      |
|                                                                                       parts of sounding; wind GAPS 261-298 &     |
|                                                                                       529-623 mb                                 |
|  17   012225112  000658  38.28  61.36  1018   ------- -------         330 km ENE      Winds only between 654-693 & 723-741 mb;   |
|                                                                                       GPS signal loss elsewhere                  |
|  18   012225128  001431  37.79  62.28  1016   ------- 140° 32         225 km ENE      Intermittent GPS telemetry from top of     |
|                                                                                       sounding until 428 mb--several wind gaps   |
|  19   012025054  002014  37.42  63.01  1013   105° 26 155° 31         150 km ENE      Humidity dropouts 756-838 mb               |
|  20   012025050  003934  36.30  65.46  1011   300° 28 310° 33         130 km WSW                                                 |
|  21   012615101  004906  35.74  66.60  1014   ------- -------         250 km WSW      Late launch detect ~200 s--erratic P until |
|                                                                                       495 mb; late winds--none until 530 mb;     |
|                                                                                       wind gap between 586 & 606 mb              |
|  22   012615104  005638  35.29  67.48  1016   ------- -------         350 km WSW      Late launch detect ~188 s--nNoisy PTHuntil |
|                                                                                       495 mb; late winds--none until 650 mb;     |
|                                                                                       wind gap between 770 & 870 mb              |
|  23   012225160  010114  35.02  68.01  1017   ------- 275° 09         400 km WSW                                                 |
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