Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 735mb
Ambient temperature: 18C
Ambient RH: 100%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration (override) at time: 6.0s.
RH equilibration at time: -17.4s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.8
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20241008_004639.6.20241008H 233541312 Hurricane Milton, 20241007H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 6
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2024-10-08 00:46:38.75
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate:88
Percentage of points with excessive fall rate: 23
Sounding diagnosed as a fast fall: No
File Processing
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 6
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2024-10-08 00:46:38.75
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
803 raw data records
2 ( 0.2%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
18 ( 2.2%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
1 ( 0.1%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 397 ( 49.4%) values, QC retained 384 ( 96.7%), overall rate: 47.8%
tdry : input file reported 397 ( 49.4%) values, QC retained 384 ( 96.7%), overall rate: 47.8%
RH : input file reported 194 ( 24.2%) values, QC retained 179 ( 92.3%), overall rate: 22.3%
winds: input file reported 782 ( 97.4%) values, QC retained 691 ( 88.4%), overall rate: 86.1%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2066.2m
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: 6
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: 12
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 86
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 47
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: 1
Outlier check disabled
Q/C filter check disabled
Points which failed the vertical velocity check:52
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 200.00s
Extrapolated surface time: 200.54s
Fall distance from last frame: 2.6m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 940.9mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 27.3C
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)