Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 752mb
Ambient temperature: 15C
Ambient RH: 99%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration (override) at time: 6.0s.
RH equilibration at time: -11.0s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.5
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20240926_002728.4.20240926H 233950566 Hurricane Helene, 20240925H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 4
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate:0
Percentage of points with excessive fall rate: 0
Sounding diagnosed as a fast fall: No
File Processing
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 4
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Processing Steps
QC processing completed (in 1.0s)
Levels created (in less than 1.0s)
WMO message coded (in less than 1.0s)
QC Data Recovery Statistics
777 raw data records
7 ( 0.9%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
32 ( 4.1%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
3 ( 0.4%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 389 ( 50.1%) values, QC retained 371 ( 95.4%), overall rate: 47.7%
tdry : input file reported 388 ( 49.9%) values, QC retained 370 ( 95.4%), overall rate: 47.6%
RH : input file reported 387 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 379 ( 97.9%), overall rate: 48.8%
winds: input file reported 769 ( 99.0%) values, QC retained 704 ( 91.5%), overall rate: 90.6%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2455.7m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for GPS Position
Points which failed the latitude limit check: 0
Points which failed the longitude limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 0
Points which failed the latitude buddy check: 0
Points which failed the longitude buddy check: 0
Points which failed the latitude Q/C filter check: 0
Points which failed the longitude Q/C filter check: 0
QC for Pressure
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for RawSats
Points which failed the limit check: 0
QC for RawWe
Points which failed the limit check: 0
QC for Relative Humidity
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 3
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 7
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 2
QC for Temperature
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for VV Pressure
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for Winds
Points which failed the wind speed limit check: 0
Points which failed the wind direction limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 0
Points which failed the wind error check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Outlier check disabled
Q/C filter check disabled
Points which failed the vertical velocity check:0
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 193.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 193.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 6.4m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 995.4mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 29.1C
Extrapolated surface rh: 73.0%
Surface Wind Determination
Surface wind coded for an adjusted altitude of 10.0m
PTU/wind offset is 0.00s (PTU observations lead wind observations by 0.00s)