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<JGamache-HRD> Frank.  I wondered if the program hung last night, because there is only a 3 or so hour window of data in radar.dat, and by the profile run, the window had moved on.
<HRD42> SO working hard just left eye heading to last point in Fig 4 SW of center
<JGamache-HRD> All NHC files received.  Long download of tar file proceeding.
<mblack_hrd> Hey all- just woke up after a  pretty good sleep - had xchat window on  and read the  chat
<mblack_hrd> meeting rest of crew for dinner soon - afterwards will work  up track for 43
<JGamache-HRD> Good to hear.  5 or 6 hours at least?
<mblack_hrd> will try to run radar software on mac tonight - i expect things to go smoother
<mblack_hrd> Jgamache- I'll call you around 10 Pm - OK?
<JGamache-HRD> Going well for Frank.  One big advantage is you can look easily and immediately.
<JGamache-HRD> Ok Mike.  
<mblack_hrd> 5.5hr
<JGamache-HRD> Not bad for the AM crew.  You've been on it for several days now, however.
<mblack_hrd> I  did try the xhost + last night -no response from  X11-  maybe in wrong shell?
<JGamache-HRD> Dr. Spinrad has seen the first analysis.
<JGamache-HRD> Were you in x11?
<JGamache-HRD> Or did you try to do it from terminal
<mblack_hrd> I  did have a one day break with a full nights sleep, though - heading to Starbucks soon
<mblack_hrd> Yes, in X11 but in bash shell, i  think
<mblack_hrd> will try it from t or  c shell
<JGamache-HRD> Should work.  But you need to discard the first window/xterm and open another to get the right path.
<JGamache-HRD> Bash is fine.  
<mblack_hrd> OK
<JGamache-HRD> I'm pretty sure Frank is using the bash shell.
<HRD42> GOOD SO almost done
<HRD42> YES bash
<HRD42> xhost + did not work first time, but I reset and ran it again and it worked
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<JGamache-HRD> How did you reset?
<Fuqing-PSU> Who is using HRD42? Please let me know when the first leg of SOs are available on ftp? Thanks.
<JGamache-HRD> Frank is doing them, Fuqing, and the first set should be available soon.
<mblack_hrd> I am going to Starbucks - then dinner - leaving this open so I  can read traffic- talk in a couple of hours
<JGamache-HRD> Ok Mile.  See you later.  I hope dinner isn't starbucks.
<mblack_hrd> No, Sam Seltzers- bye
<HRD42> SO coming
<HRD42> ftping
<HRD42> stalled again
<HRD42> tiny little eye and huge wind max out at 90 km
<JGamache-HRD>  It is till coming...at least the first file
<HRD42> how many SO files made it so far the script timed out
<JGamache-HRD> First one is stll coming, so probably one the first.
<JGamache-HRD> Looks like only one came 236161 in size  The so.gz file.
<HRD42> #2 coming now
<HRD42> stalled again
<HRD42> Fuqing it is Frank and they are almost all there now
<JGamache-HRD> I think I got the full so_ass file now size 144824
<JGamache-HRD> Wait 5-10 minutes for it to trickle fully to FuqingSO, Fuqing.
<HRD42> Last one is on the way end 2nd leg will start analysis ASAP
<HRD42> all should be there
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<JGamache-HRD> Got em.  They are all in FuqingSO directory now.
<HRD42> 2nd analysis underway
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<Fuqing-PSU> we got the SOs and is assimilating
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<HRD42> Fuqing I think Jason is hooked. He is like a kid in the candy store. I think I need to apologize to Scott 
<Fuqing-PSU> No no.
<HRD42> I told him we will have two positions in the next few months - one for Doppler radar and one for DA
<HRD42> second analysis is half done There will likely be only two. First one very interesting
<JGamache-HRD> Sorry.  Frank.  Away for dinner....back.
<HRD42> Sim: Ike is looking a lot like Gilbert in Peter Dodge's paper
<Fuqing-PSU> Frank this is Lily how are you 
<HRD42> No worries John I was just telling Fuqing Jason is having a blast.
<Sim> Which paper.  Jog my memory?
<HRD42> Big outer wind max and small tiny inner eye
<Sim> I'm glad Jason is doing well.  How's Rick.
<HRD42> The 1999 Gilbert paper he did with Burp and I
<Sim> Yes, I remember that structure - my first hurricane flight.
<Sim> There is a thread on tropical storms about it today
<Sim> Things working well now?
<HRD42> I think so. Gopal is with me working on sondes. We are starting P. Chang pattern
<HRD42> rocking and rolling in big outer eyewall S of center
<HRD42> TA down eye only 8-10 nm across
<Fuqing-PSU> wow, no hope in 4.5km for assimilation right
<Sim> Hard down or just down?
<HRD42> restarting Gopal is getting it!!!
<Sim> Great!
<HRD42> analysis for second leg ending
<Sim> Fuqing-PSU - microwave showed eye same size yesterday.  No worries.
<HRD42> radar back up
<HRD42> in eye now
<HRD42> The main game s the outer eye at 80-90 km radius that is where stronest winds and turbulence was found
<HRD42> Stars barely visible in eye
<HRD42> Jason taking lots of pictures
<Fuqing-PSU> Good for him
<JGamache-HRD> The wind file I got from this morning's flight showed that same wind max in the middle, and then a moat and then an outer wind max.  Probably the inner one will go soon.  Hard to see real detail at 5 km resolution.
<Fuqing-PSU> what is the second leg time duration?
<JGamache-HRD> How many passes through the center will you have, Frank for Doppler analysis, 2 or 3.
<HRD42> likely 2 second leg from 2257-2349
<HRD42> I was hoping for a 3rd but crash occured as we passed through outer wind max and didn't recover until eye becasuse of seatbelt
<JGamache-HRD> Ok.  If it is fairly perpendicular that will be good.
<Fuqing-PSU> Is 2nd leg SO ready yet?
<Fuqing-PSU> Frank, FIM ensembles slow our ENKF realtime, I thought they will not do it now
<Fuqing-PSU> ????No response on 2nd SOs??????
<JGamache-HRD> I don't think analysis is finished, yet, Fuqing.  I don't see the files coming yet.
<HRD42> analysis complete SO working
<JGamache-HRD> Analysis files just started trickling in.
<HRD42> That is good news. Bad news is that since Jim reset the radar system the TA data looks very strange.
<HRD42> The velocity seems to be stobing high and low as the antenna spins. Never saw anything like it
<JGamache-HRD> I wonder if the "Happy Box" stopped working right.
<JGamache-HRD> That turns the new INE data into something the present data system can use.
<HRD42> I don't know but Jim just fixed it Phew
<HRD42> In big outer band S of center again
<HRD42> SO we still did not get any Doppler in the inner core this direction Maybe on recip Almost done with QuikSCAT underpass
<JGamache-HRD> Remember, Frank, that if you do a third analysis, use 48 hour clock, and keep the date a the date the flight began.
<JGamache-HRD> Will you be doing superob assimilation tomorrow morning, Fuqing?
<Fuqing-PSU> probably not if there is no compelling reason. we are tired
<JGamache-HRD> Ok.  It will still be more training with Mike Black in the morning.
<JGamache-HRD> But pressure will be off whether it works or not.
<Fuqing-PSU> I plan to fly tomorrow or Friday but Sim said noo seats
<Sim> Haven't heard otherwise, but you'll have a chance this year.
<Fuqing-PSU> Thanks.
<Fuqing-PSU> Still no 2nd SOs? EnKF is on good pace tonight
<JGamache-HRD> Takes 15-20 minutes, Fuqing, from when started.
<JGamache-HRD> First file coming in.
<JGamache-HRD> As usual so_ass did not come in.  Frank will have to send that manually.
<HRD42> John look at RZ mean from 2nd analysis nice double eyewall and the moat air seems to be heading outward to the outer one
<HRD42> WIll do as soon as the ftp relinquishes its hold
<JGamache-HRD> I take it back.  Second file (so_ass) coming in
<HRD42> 2nd file going on its own Yowza
<JGamache-HRD> Still waiting for download to finish.  Looks like a good flight for Dr. Spinrad.
<HRD42> You bet
<JGamache-HRD> It actually is sending a seconf file automatically Frank.
<HRD42> Bob Black is yacking with him now
<HRD42> 3rd file going
<JGamache-HRD> All 3 coming in without a problem.  No need for manual for a change.
<HRD42> Yessir
<Fuqing-PSU> are we having 3rd leg SOs?
<HRD42> Not this time sorry. radar had problems and there was an early satellite over pass, but the two we sent look outstanding
<HRD42> radar_slicer really shows double wind max in R-Z xross section
<HRD42> It did it all on its own John Ataway
<Fuqing-PSU> we got the 2nd SOs
<JGamache-HRD> It's not robust, but if SATCOM is good, which it is today, it works.
<Fuqing-PSU> Frank, the FIM Chris Harrop floods the TACC queues
<HRD42> Send him and email and ask TACC to release some wues
<HRD42> Send John Cazes or Bill Barth email to free up some queues. Bouncing around in E side rainbands
<Fuqing-PSU> Yonghui said he can manage to sneak in between; 10-20 min delay due to him so far
<HRD42> Don't hesitate to ask them to change the queues to be a little more considerate
<Sim> New microwave almost looks like a very large, third eyewall
<Sim> New guidance further north, cluster between Corpus and Houston
<JGamache-HRD> Vertical profiles from that second pass are quite beautiful and fairfly classic.  The 1.5 km resolution allows you to see more.
<Fuqing-PSU> Frank, I did send Chris an email since Yonghui will run the EnKF ensemble forecast for tonight as well
<JGamache-HRD> First leg profiles look great too.  One of the best 3d and profile presentations I've see in a while, particularly from two successive passes.
<JGamache-HRD> Second eyewall cutting off most of BL inflow into inner eyewall now.  Not all, but most.
<JGamache-HRD> Great stuff tonight, and things worked well on analysis and SATCOM side, so without a third leg, I am going to sign off.
<Fuqing-PSU> Things go well with EnKF so far; Only 20min delay due to FIM
<JGamache-HRD> Talk to you soon, Frank, Sim, and Fuqing.
<HRD42> Outstanding John sleep. I am going to do a third analysis from S to E just to practice. If it works I might send SO
<JGamache-HRD> Ok.  
<HRD42> I want to capture the feature Sim mentioned. It seems as if a strong band is forming in between tiny eye and outer eyewall on East side
<Fuqing-PSU> Frank, thanks.
<Fuqing-PSU> Frank, how is Jason doing?
<HRD42> Very good. It is getting bumpy up here and he is loving it 3rd analysis looks very interesting just one side of the storm though SE
<HRD42> Analysis done workign on SO if you want them
<Fuqing-PSU> We will not assimilating the 3rd SOs but it is good to have it. 
<HRD42> I will send it then. We are fixing center now for 0300Z then heading for Tampa
<Fuqing-PSU> Good flow for EnKF so far; EnKF of second leg complete 15minutes ago; now full free run
<HRD42> Sim analysis shoudl be heading to AOML ftp site
<HRD42> Go go go. I can't wait to see results. Rick Spinrad is very impressed with the whole process.
<Fuqing-PSU> Timing: less than 1hr after your SO in ftp and less than 2hr after last SO taken
<Fuqing-PSU> EnKF analysis available earlier than GFS analysis at 00Z become available
<HRD42> SOs there from 3rd analysis
<HRD42> WOW fantastic timing
<Fuqing-PSU> Thanks.
<HRD42> Is that timing include the delay for FIM?
<Fuqing-PSU> Yes, that will save 20 min at least
<HRD42> Sim tell John the SO ftp ran automatically to completion again
<HRD42> Fuqing How is Yonghui holding up?
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<Fuqing-PSU> He is doing great.
<Fuqing-PSU> I am blessed to have him on my team. Don't steal him just yet.
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<HRD42> No I want to support him at PSU, I will try to get Jason though
<HRD42> 3rd Doppler analysis mainly SE of center shows outer eyewall contracted from near 80 km radius to near 60 km while we were out here
<Fuqing-PSU> I thought some day he will follow my track in univ but HRD will be a good choice as well
<Fuqing-PSU> what is SFMR or sonde wind max
<HRD42> 100 kt at 80 m in eyewall last pass, but r-z mean in inner eyewall more like 40 m/s while outer one close to 45 m/s