Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 746mb
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: -19.0s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.8
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20241008_231041.5.20241008H 233950710 Hurricane Milton, 20241008H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 5
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2024-10-08 23:10:42.25
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate:10
Percentage of points with excessive fall rate: 3
Sounding diagnosed as a fast fall: No
File Processing
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 5
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2024-10-08 23:10:42.25
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
635 raw data records
3 ( 0.5%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
12 ( 1.9%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 314 ( 49.4%) values, QC retained 295 ( 93.9%), overall rate: 46.5%
tdry : input file reported 310 ( 48.8%) values, QC retained 296 ( 95.5%), overall rate: 46.6%
RH : input file reported 310 ( 48.8%) values, QC retained 306 ( 98.7%), overall rate: 48.2%
winds: input file reported 622 ( 98.0%) values, QC retained 567 ( 91.2%), overall rate: 89.3%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 1844.7m
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: 2
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: 2
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 166
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 72
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: 2
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:9
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 155.50s
Extrapolated surface time: 156.04s
Fall distance from last frame: 3.1m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 917.7mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 25.5C
Extrapolated surface rh: 97.9%
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)