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)
Information About Radiosonde: - Launch Time: 19:30Z - About Sonde: A descending radiosonde tracked automatically by satellite navigation with no solar or infrared correction.
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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