Aspen training dropsondes

1) 20140912 0927z
	-good drop
	-note typical fall rates of 10-12 m/s near surface

2) 20140912 0953z
	-good drop 
	-note typical fall rates of 10-12 m/s near surface

3) 20130824 2212z
	-impressive Saharan Air Layer (SAL) sounding (~500-850 mb)
	-note the strong low level temperature inversion
	-note the low- to mid-level easterly jet in the SAL layer

4) 20130824 2008z: fastfall
	-here the parachute didn’t deploy correctly
	-note the very fast fall rates (dz/dt) at the top of the sounding
	-note the pendulum swing of the fall rate in the mid-level (parachute issue)
	-note the very fast fall rate at the surface (~20 m/s)
	-for fastballs, always flag speed and direction
	-for fastballs, pressure, T, RH are usually ok, but double check that they look reasonable

5) 20140912 1017z: near surface speed ramp up anomaly
	-note the ramp up of several m/s at the near surface (GPS signal issue)
	-flag these winds from the inflection point to the surface (i.e. below 1006.6 mb)
	-this flagging needs to be done be done from the raw tab

6) 20140912 1431z: did not hit surface
	-uncheck “hit surface” in the main tab and recompute sounding
	-all other parameters look ok

7) 20140912 1508z: Not processed/corrupt D file
	-this dropsonde is corrupt and contains no data
	-do not send this ob to the NWS Gateway (i.e. do not email this ob)

8) 20110309 235444z (WISPAR): good drop (missed atmospheric river; near NW Pacific low)
	-strong surface winds: 41 kt
	-strong jet 250-525 mb: 135 kt at ~300 mb
	-as expected, the tropopause is lower than typical tropical soundings (~270 mb)

9) 20110309 234559z (WISPAR): good drop (nicked atmospheric river)
	-low level dry air/dry adiabatic lapse rate below 900 mb
	-possible atmospheric river: 80-90% RH 600-700 mb
	-surface temperature: 12.3 (54F); reasonable off the north CA coast (confirmed with SST analysis)