| craigm |
| (Storm Tracker) |
| Fri Aug 15 2008 08:12 PM |
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Re: Watching the Wave Near Puerto Rico
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There is a plane in the middle of 92L now. Here is some dropsonde data that is about 30mins old from the Mona passage:
Product: NOAA Temp Drop (Dropsonde) Message (UZNT13 KWBC)
Transmitted: 15th day of the month at 19:43Z
Aircraft: Lockheed WP-3D Orion (Reg. Num. N42RF)
Mission Purpose: Investigate third suspect area that is described by the identifier as a wave (in the North Atlantic basin)
Mission Number: 6
Observation Number: 14
Part A...
Date: Near the closest hour of 20Z on the 15th day of the month
Highest Mandatory Level For Which Wind Was Reported: 700mb
Coordinates: 18.1N 68.4W
Location: 101 miles (163 km) to the ESE (105°) from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Marsden Square: 043 (About)
Level
Geo. Height
Air Temp.
Dew Point
Wind Direction
Wind Speed
1010mb (29.83 inHg)
Sea Level (Surface)
25.4°C (77.7°F)
24.6°C (76.3°F)
Unavailable
1000mb
91m (299 ft)
24.8°C (76.6°F)
24.2°C (75.6°F)
180° (from the S)
36 knots (41 mph)
925mb
773m (2,536 ft)
20.6°C (69.1°F)
20.6°C (69.1°F)
190° (from the S)
37 knots (43 mph)
850mb
1,504m (4,934 ft)
17.8°C (64.0°F)
17.8°C (64.0°F)
200° (from the SSW)
32 knots (37 mph)
700mb
3,147m (10,325 ft)
8.8°C (47.8°F)
5.4°C (41.7°F)
235° (from the SW)
23 knots (26 mph)
Information About Radiosonde:
- Launch Time: 19:30Z
- About Sonde: A descending radiosonde tracked automatically by satellite navigation with no solar or infrared correction.
Remarks Section...
Release Location: 18.08N 68.44W
Release Time: 19:30:46Z
Splash Location: 18.12N 68.42W
Splash Time: 19:35:33Z
Mean Boundary Level Wind (mean wind in the lowest 500 geopotential meters of the sounding):
- Wind Direction: 185° (from the S)
- Wind Speed: 36 knots (41 mph)
Deep Layer Mean Wind (average wind over the depth of the sounding):
- Wind Direction: 200° (from the SSW)
- Wind Speed: 28 knots (32 mph)
- Depth of Sounding: From 670mb to 1009mb
Average Wind Over Lowest Available 150 geopotential meters (gpm) of the sounding:
- Lowest 150m: 167 gpm - 17 gpm (548 geo. feet - 56 geo. feet)
- Wind Direction: 180° (from the S)
- Wind Speed: 36 knots (41 mph)
Height of the last reported wind: 17 geopotential meters
Part B: Data For Significant Levels...
Significant Temperature And Relative Humidity Levels...
Level
Air Temperature
Dew Point
1010mb (Surface)
25.4°C (77.7°F)
24.6°C (76.3°F)
1003mb
25.0°C (77.0°F)
24.5°C (76.1°F)
929mb
20.8°C (69.4°F)
20.8°C (69.4°F)
751mb
13.0°C (55.4°F)
13.0°C (55.4°F)
686mb
8.0°C (46.4°F)
4.1°C (39.4°F)
670mb
6.8°C (44.2°F)
6.5°C (43.7°F)
Significant Wind Levels...
Level
Wind Direction
Wind Speed
1010mb (Surface)
Unavailable
1009mb
185° (from the S)
33 knots (38 mph)
1001mb
180° (from the S)
36 knots (41 mph)
943mb
190° (from the S)
34 knots (39 mph)
904mb
190° (from the S)
38 knots (44 mph)
869mb
185° (from the S)
31 knots (36 mph)
839mb
205° (from the SSW)
31 knots (36 mph)
781mb
190° (from the S)
26 knots (30 mph)
764mb
205° (from the SSW)
19 knots (22 mph)
732mb
240° (from the WSW)
24 knots (28 mph)
670mb
235° (from the SW)
28 knots (32 mph)
The highest wind observed in the "Significant Wind Levels" section is noted in bold.
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Dropsonde Diagram: