120 mph ?
Posted by
cypresstx on 10/25/2011, 2:48 pm
http://www.tropicalatlantic.com/recon/UZNT13/KNHC/
Product: Air Force Temp Drop (Dropsonde) Message (UZNT13 KNHC) Transmitted: 25th day of the month at 18:28Z Aircraft: Air Force Aircraft (Last 3 digits of the tail number are 306) Storm Number: 18 Storm Name: Rina (flight in the North Atlantic basin) Mission Number: 4 Observation Number: 11
Part A...
Date: Near the closest hour of 18Z on the 25th day of the month Highest Mandatory Level For Which Wind Was Reported: 700mb Coordinates: 17.1N 84.1W Location: 271 miles (437 km) to the E (96°) from Belize City, Belize. Marsden Square: 045 (About)
Level Geo. Height Air Temp. Dew Point Wind Direction Wind Speed 987mb (29.15 inHg) Sea Level (Surface) 22.2°C (72.0°F) 21.7°C (71.1°F) 195° (from the SSW) 104 knots (120 mph) 1000mb -117m (-384 ft) This level does not exist in this area of the storm above the surface level. 925mb 562m (1,844 ft) 20.0°C (68.0°F) 19.7°C (67.5°F) 215° (from the SW) 83 knots (96 mph) 850mb 1,291m (4,236 ft) 17.0°C (62.6°F) 16.5°C (61.7°F) 220° (from the SW) 83 knots (96 mph) 700mb 2,947m (9,669 ft) 14.0°C (57.2°F) Approximately 5°C (41°F) 230° (from the SW) 87 knots (100 mph)
Information About Radiosonde: - Launch Time: 18:07Z - About Sonde: A descending radiosonde tracked automatically by satellite navigation with no solar or infrared correction.
Remarks Section...
Dropsonde Location: Dropped in eyewall 135° (SE) from the eye center.
Splash Location: 17.19N 84.03W Splash Time: 18:11Z
Release Location: 17.11N 84.09W Release Time: 18:07:22Z
Splash Location: 17.19N 84.03W Splash Time: 18:11:26Z
Mean Boundary Level Wind (mean wind in the lowest 500 geopotential meters of the sounding): - Wind Direction: 200° (from the SSW) - Wind Speed: 90 knots (104 mph)
Deep Layer Mean Wind (average wind over the depth of the sounding): - Wind Direction: 215° (from the SW) - Wind Speed: 83 knots (96 mph) - Depth of Sounding: From 697mb to 986mb
Average Wind Over Lowest Available 150 geopotential meters (gpm) of the sounding: - Lowest 150m: 159 gpm - 9 gpm (522 geo. feet - 30 geo. feet) - Wind Direction: 195° (from the SSW) - Wind Speed: 99 knots (114 mph)
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