Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS80
Ambient pressure: 751mb
Ambient temperature: 14C
Ambient RH: 97%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration (override) at time: 6.0s.
RH equilibration at time: 24.3s, RS80 RH sensor time constants: 2.7
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20241107_102642.6.20241107H 233640815 Hurricane Rafael, 20241107H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 6
Sonde model: Sonde Type TBD
Thermo sensor: Sonde Type TBD
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2024-11-07 10:26:42.0
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 6
Sonde model: Sonde Type TBD
Thermo sensor: Sonde Type TBD
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2024-11-07 10:26:42.0
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
793 raw data records
1 ( 0.1%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
2 ( 0.3%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
1 ( 0.1%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 395 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 385 ( 97.5%), overall rate: 48.5%
tdry : input file reported 396 ( 49.9%) values, QC retained 384 ( 97.0%), overall rate: 48.4%
RH : input file reported 395 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 347 ( 87.8%), overall rate: 43.8%
winds: input file reported 789 ( 99.5%) values, QC retained 750 ( 95.1%), overall rate: 94.6%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2508.0m
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: 0
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: 212
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 95
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
Wind error check not applied (sonde is not xRD41)
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): 197.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 198.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 7.1m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1000.4mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 26.2C
Extrapolated surface rh: 94.8%
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)