Storm Claudette Dropwindsonde Scientists Mike Black
Flight ID 030712N Flight Director Paul Flaherty Takeoff from MacDill at 1728 UTC
Mission ID 1304A Claudette AVAPS Operators Chris Hornbrook Recovery at MacDill at 0045 UTC
Drop # | Sonde ID # | Time (UTC) | Lat (°N) | Lon (°W) | Surface Pressure (mb) | Wind closest
to surface dir/spd hgt (kt) (m) | DLM wind (kt) | Comments | SATCOM tries | Ob # | |
1 | 022918034 | 175107 | 25.98 | 83.96 | 1019.2 | 190/10 | 10 | 7 | 30% mid level, 10% low | 1 | 1 |
2 | 021925077 | 180643 | 24.05 | 83.43 | 1017.9 | 120/16 | 10 | 15 | 50% | 3 | 2 |
3 | 022945142 | 183121 | 22.51 | 85.01 | . | . | . | 5 | 60% mid-high/ ended at 940 mb | 1 | 3 |
4 | 021925078 | 184719 | 22.26 | 87.00 | 1015.7 | 145/12 | 4 | 11 | 100% high-mid | 1 | 4 |
5 | 022918042 | 190220 | 22.93 | 88.73 | 1014.6 | 150/16 | 7 | 15 | 70% cirrus, so 90 mid level | 2 | 5 |
6 | 022625126 | 192029 | 21.34 | 90.19 | 1012.9 | 254/10 | 4 | 12 | 30%Strao cu | 3 | 6 |
7 | 022945147 | 193152 | 21.93 | 91.51 | 1013.0 | 232/7 | 7 | 10 | 20% low | 4 | 7 |
8 | 022615285 | 194912 | 20.51 | 93.01 | 1014.2 | 353/9 | 6 | 3 | 10% low cu | 1 | 8 |
9 | 022918039 | 200517 | 20.06 | 94.98 | 1014.8 | 347/14 | 4 | 2 | clear | 2 | 9 |
10 | 021925025 | 203152 | 22.69 | 96.46 | 1015.1 | 345/10 | 7 | 3 | clear | 2 | 10 |
11 | 021925024 | 205111 | 22.83 | 94.33 | 1013.7 | 346/18 | 7 | 6 | clear | 3 | 11 |
12 | 022918035 | 211109 | . | . | . | . | . | . | clear | 1 | 12 |
13 | 022625109 | 212520 | 27.0 | 95.49 | 1015.93 | . | . | 3 | clear | 1 | 13 |
14 | 021925060 | 214223 | 28.86 | 94.93 | 1011.2 | . | . | . | 5% low cu | 1 | 14 |
15 | 021925021 | 215545 | 27.79 | 93.5 | 1015.8 | . | . | . | 50% high | 2 | 15 |
16 | 022615277 | 221402 | 28.22 | 91.01 | 1017.9 | . | . | . | 100% high cirrus | 1 | 16 |
17 | 022918032 | 223127 | 27.22 | 89.0 | 1017.2 | . | . | . | 100% | 2 | 17 |
18 | 021925058 | 224949 | 25.28 | 87.98 | . | . | . | . | 100% cirrus below | 1 | 18 |
19 | 021925051 | 230420 | 24.87 | 86.10 | 1016.4 | . | . | . | 100% cirrus | 6 | 19 |
20 | 021925020 | 232424 | 26.84 | 87.27 | 1017.5 | . | . | . | Just on the edge of convection | 1 | 20 |
21 | 022918031 | 234136 | 28.76 | 87.94 | 1013.5 | . | . | . | No winds-late winds | . | . |
21a | 021925014 | 234352 | 28.98 | 87.72 | 1018.2 | . | . | . | Backup-100% cirrus | 2 | 21 |
22 | 021925009 | 235446 | 29.9 | 86.5 | . | . | . | . | 100% cirrus | . | . |
23 | 021925091 | 001249 | 28.0 | 84.9 | . | . | . | . | 100% cirrus | . | . |
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