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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 (105Â°) 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)
25.4Â°C (77.7Â°F)
24.6Â°C (76.3Â°F)
Unavailable
1000mb
91m (299 ft)
24.8Â°C (76.6Â°F)
24.2Â°C (75.6Â°F)
180Â° (from the S)
36 knots (41 mph)
925mb
773m (2,536 ft)
20.6Â°C (69.1Â°F)
20.6Â°C (69.1Â°F)
190Â° (from the S)
37 knots (43 mph)
850mb
1,504m (4,934 ft)
17.8Â°C (64.0Â°F)
17.8Â°C (64.0Â°F)
200Â° (from the SSW)
32 knots (37 mph)
700mb
3,147m (10,325 ft)
8.8Â°C (47.8Â°F)
5.4Â°C (41.7Â°F)
235Â° (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: 185Â° (from the S)
- Wind Speed: 36 knots (41 mph)

Deep Layer Mean Wind (average wind over the depth of the sounding):
- Wind Direction: 200Â° (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: 180Â° (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)
25.4Â°C (77.7Â°F)
24.6Â°C (76.3Â°F)
1003mb
25.0Â°C (77.0Â°F)
24.5Â°C (76.1Â°F)
929mb
20.8Â°C (69.4Â°F)
20.8Â°C (69.4Â°F)
751mb
13.0Â°C (55.4Â°F)
13.0Â°C (55.4Â°F)
686mb
8.0Â°C (46.4Â°F)
4.1Â°C (39.4Â°F)
670mb
6.8Â°C (44.2Â°F)
6.5Â°C (43.7Â°F)

Significant Wind Levels...
Level
Wind Direction
Wind Speed
1010mb (Surface)
Unavailable
1009mb
185Â° (from the S)
33 knots (38 mph)
1001mb
180Â° (from the S)
36 knots (41 mph)
943mb
190Â° (from the S)
34 knots (39 mph)
904mb
190Â° (from the S)
38 knots (44 mph)
869mb
185Â° (from the S)
31 knots (36 mph)
839mb
205Â° (from the SSW)
31 knots (36 mph)
781mb
190Â° (from the S)
26 knots (30 mph)
764mb
205Â° (from the SSW)
19 knots (22 mph)
732mb
240Â° (from the WSW)
24 knots (28 mph)
670mb
235Â° (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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