HRD GPS Dropwindsonde Scientist Log

Storm Test                       Flight Director Stan Czyczyk
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Flight ID 010615N                Dropwindsonde Scientists M. Black                                           Takeoff   1300   UTC
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Mission ID WXWXA TRAIN           AVAPS Operators Jeff Smith, John Hill                                       Landing    N/A   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)                   (CC= code correlating)                     |
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|  1    010748006  135502  26.05  89.13 ------  ------- -------          Central Gulf   CC Sonde; No T or winds; Clear             |
|  2    003815108  135505  26.05  89.14 1017.8  145° 08 140° 10          Central Gulf   Rev C Sonde; good RH; 5% low Cu            |
|  3    003825179  135516  26.05  89.17 1017.8  140° 08 145° 10          Central Gulf   Rev C Sonde; dry bias                      |
|  4    003825099  135520  26.06  89.18 1017.4  140° 09 145° 09          Central Gulf   Rev C Sonde; some GPS dropouts             |
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|  5    010715188  143235  26.05  90.39 ------  ------- -------          Central Gulf   CC Sonde; some PTH dropouts;               |
|                                                                                       no winds-GPS telemetry failed after launch |
|  6    003825130  143242  26.04  90.39 1017.7  160° 12 160° 13          Central Gulf   Rev C Sonde; 100% clear; some GPS dropouts |
|                                                                                       at mid-levels                              |
|  7    003825070  143247  26.03  90.39  1018   155° 12 160° 14          Central Gulf   Rev C Sonde                                |
|  8    003825237  143303  26.00  90.40 1017.8  155° 10 160° 14          Central Gulf   Rev B Sonde w/modified chute; some noisy   |
|                                                                                       GPS telemetry                              |
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|  9    003838012  150106  25.57  89.96 ------  ------- -------          Central Gulf   Rev B Sonde w/modified chute; some noisy   |
|                                                                                       GPS telemetry at mid-levels                |
|  10   003825103  150114  25.58  89.98 ------  ------- -------          Central Gulf   Rev C Sonde w/ modified chute; 10% low Cu; |
|                                                                                       late winds                                 |
|  11   003825132  150117  25.58  89.98 1018.0  170° 06 160° 07          Central Gulf   Rev C Sonde; some GPS dropouts             |
|  12   003825074  150125  25.58  90.00 1018.0  155° 05 160° 07          Central Gulf   Rev C Sonde w/modified chute; some noisy   |
|                                                                                       GPS telemetry at mid-levels                |
|                                                                                                                                  |
|  13   003825063  161734  26.77  88.12 ------  ------- -------          Central Gulf   Rev C Sonde w/modified chute               |
|  14   003825098  161801  26.79  88.11 1018.8  150° 04 135° 04          Central Gulf   Rev C Sonde                                |
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