Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 752mb
Ambient temperature: 26C
Ambient RH: 67%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration (override) at time: 6.0s.
RH equilibration at time: -44.3s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -2.0
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20241008_220559.4.20241008H 233541320 Hurricane Milton, 20241008H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 4
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2024-10-08 22:06:00.25
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
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2024-10-08 22:06:00.25
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
547 raw data records
7 ( 1.3%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
49 ( 9.0%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
5 ( 0.9%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 263 ( 48.1%) values, QC retained 246 ( 93.5%), overall rate: 45.0%
tdry : input file reported 263 ( 48.1%) values, QC retained 245 ( 93.2%), overall rate: 44.8%
RH : input file reported 260 ( 47.5%) values, QC retained 256 ( 98.5%), overall rate: 46.8%
winds: input file reported 512 ( 93.6%) values, QC retained 457 ( 89.3%), overall rate: 83.5%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 1659.7m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 3
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: 4
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: 0
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: 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): 136.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 136.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.6m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 904.5mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 26.7C
Extrapolated surface rh: 93.9%
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)