Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 752mb
Ambient temperature: 26C
Ambient RH: 73%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration (override) at time: 6.0s.
RH equilibration at time: -40.7s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -1.9
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20241009_002025.5.20241009H 235154002 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: 2024-10-09 00:20:24.75
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 5
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2024-10-09 00:20:24.75
Processing Steps
QC processing completed (in less than 1.0s)
Levels created (in 1.0s)
WMO message coded (in less than 1.0s)
QC Data Recovery Statistics
571 raw data records
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
9 ( 1.6%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 282 ( 49.4%) values, QC retained 272 ( 96.5%), overall rate: 47.6%
tdry : input file reported 282 ( 49.4%) values, QC retained 271 ( 96.1%), overall rate: 47.5%
RH : input file reported 282 ( 49.4%) values, QC retained 282 (100.0%), overall rate: 49.4%
winds: input file reported 562 ( 98.4%) values, QC retained 521 ( 92.7%), overall rate: 91.2%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 1717.0m
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: 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: 0
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 2
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): 142.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 142.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 7.7m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 913.2mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 26.5C
Extrapolated surface rh: 95.8%
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)