Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 753mb
Ambient temperature: 19C
Ambient RH: 100%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration (override) at time: 6.0s.
RH equilibration at time: -19.4s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.9
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20241007_233630.7.20241007H 233814440 Hurricane Milton, 20241007H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 7
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2024-10-07 23:36:30.25
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate:29
Percentage of points with excessive fall rate: 9
Sounding diagnosed as a fast fall: No
File Processing
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 7
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2024-10-07 23:36:30.25
Processing Steps
QC processing completed (in less than 1.0s)
Levels created (in less than 1.0s)
WMO message coded (in less than 1.0s)
QC Data Recovery Statistics
675 raw data records
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
7 ( 1.0%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 336 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 325 ( 96.7%), overall rate: 48.1%
tdry : input file reported 336 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 325 ( 96.7%), overall rate: 48.1%
RH : input file reported 281 ( 41.6%) values, QC retained 273 ( 97.2%), overall rate: 40.4%
winds: input file reported 670 ( 99.3%) values, QC retained 615 ( 91.8%), overall rate: 91.1%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 1866.4m
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: 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: 1
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 7
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 259
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 151
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:12
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 168.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 168.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 2.9m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 931.8mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 26.6C
Extrapolated surface rh: 3.4%
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)