Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 669mb
Ambient temperature: 25C
Ambient RH: 59%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration (override) at time: 6.0s.
RH equilibration at time: -36.2s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -1.7
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20241007_221907.3.20241007H 233814615 Hurricane Milton, 20241007H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 3
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate:12
Percentage of points with excessive fall rate: 1
Sounding diagnosed as a fast fall: No
File Processing
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 3
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
1371 raw data records
6 ( 0.4%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
29 ( 2.1%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
2 ( 0.1%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 680 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 664 ( 97.6%), overall rate: 48.4%
tdry : input file reported 680 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 664 ( 97.6%), overall rate: 48.4%
RH : input file reported 678 ( 49.5%) values, QC retained 621 ( 91.6%), overall rate: 45.3%
winds: input file reported 1354 ( 98.8%) values, QC retained 1264 ( 93.4%), overall rate: 92.2%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2851.8m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 2
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: 2
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: 1
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: 53
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 0
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 0
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: 1
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:37
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 341.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 342.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 4.1m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 931.3mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 26.5C
Extrapolated surface rh: 95.1%
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)