Log: 20080911H1 Scientist Log (Marks) Time UTC) Comment 195340 TO 210500 start entering large rain shield to E 211500 really heavy rain on TA radar (over 50 dBZ) something must have shifted in TA dBZ cal 212330 combo drop at IP 105 E of center AXBT#1 dropsonde #1 SST=26.5 in wake right of track (penetration 1) 213430 combo drop half way along leg from e AXBT#2 SST 22.7, dropsonde #2 Immense rain area on E side roughly 100 km wide 213700 passed 2nd wind max SFMR 214215 E eyewall combo AXBT#3 SST=25.9, dropsonde #3 214600 passing through remains of inner eyewall, real interesting wind structure with 3 wind maxima on this leg 214800 center fix 950 mb 215030 W inner eyewall combo drop AXBT#4 SST=27.0, dropsonde#4 220100 combo drop mid point on W side AXBT #5 SST=26.0, dropsonde #5 221410 end leg at (3) turn TK 135 221645 combo drop at (3) AXBT#6 SST=29.0, dropsonde#6 224500 Turn at (4) TK 360 to center (penetration 2) 225310 combo drop near drifter S of center AXBT#7 SST=28.5, dropsonde#7 just in outer rainband S of center very convective 231300 center 26 06/89 49 motion 290 9 232400 dropsonde #8 for P. Chang not many scatterers either 233855 combo drop near drifter AXBT#8 SST=27.8, dropsonde #9 really choppy near this point (6) 234500 turn TK 180 to center for P. Chang QSCAT overpass - radar system down (J. Roles working on it) (penetration 3) 235942 dropsonde#10 in high winds near (6) 242030 center, turn TK 315 26 10, 89 58 242740 combo drop on drifter location NW of center AXBT#9 (bad), dropsonde #11 243852 combo drop at (7) in NE end of new drifter array AXBT#10, dropsonde#12 turn TK 135 to center (penetration 4) 251500 center 26 12, 90 13 turn TK SW 252700 turn TK 045 to center (penetration 5) 253500 turn to trk 029 deg. 253810 trk 040 253850 trk 134 (eventually) 255130 end this leg. Now turning 255248 trk 315 (penetration 6) 255520 sonde launch 255900 trk NW 324 deg. 261650 turn to 145 deg SE 261850 TRK 135 deg to center (penetration 7) 263200 tracking 45 deg. NE 264500 tracking 225 deg. to center (penetration 8) 265600 center turn TK 315 271500 dropsonde #14 very close to N end of drifter array just outside main SFMR surface wind maximum 272500 turn TK 135 to center (penetration 9) under ASCAT overpass 273430 dropsonde #15 for ASCAT overpass right near N end of drifter array 274152 dropsonde#16 for ASCAT overpass in vicinity of outer wind maximum 275615 center 26 17, 90 44 turn TK 065 for Tampa