Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 700mb
Ambient temperature: 15C
Ambient RH: 100%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration (override) at time: 6.0s.
RH equilibration at time: -10.7s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.5
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20241007_222123.5.20241007H 233560373 Hurricane Milton, 20241007H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 5
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate:151
Percentage of points with excessive fall rate: 45
Sounding diagnosed as a fast fall: No
File Processing
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 5
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
705 raw data records
2 ( 0.3%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
11 ( 1.6%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 348 ( 49.4%) values, QC retained 336 ( 96.6%), overall rate: 47.7%
tdry : input file reported 347 ( 49.2%) values, QC retained 335 ( 96.5%), overall rate: 47.5%
RH : input file reported 343 ( 48.7%) values, QC retained 336 ( 98.0%), overall rate: 47.7%
winds: input file reported 695 ( 98.6%) values, QC retained 642 ( 92.4%), overall rate: 91.1%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2593.9m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 1
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: 1
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: 5
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 172
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 82
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:11
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 175.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 176.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.8m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 945.4mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 26.8C
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)