Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 752mb
Ambient temperature: 17C
Ambient RH: 71%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration (override) at time: 6.0s.
RH equilibration at time: -14.0s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.6
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20241009_004536.8.20241009H 233814451 Hurricane Milton, 20241008H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 8
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2024-10-09 00:45:36.50
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 8
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2024-10-09 00:45:36.50
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
807 raw data records
3 ( 0.4%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
10 ( 1.2%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 402 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 388 ( 96.5%), overall rate: 48.1%
tdry : input file reported 402 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 387 ( 96.3%), overall rate: 48.0%
RH : input file reported 402 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 394 ( 98.0%), overall rate: 48.8%
winds: input file reported 801 ( 99.3%) values, QC retained 756 ( 94.4%), overall rate: 93.7%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2481.9m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 1
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: 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: 5
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): 201.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 201.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 6.4m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 996.6mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 29.5C
Extrapolated surface rh: 82.0%
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)