Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 690mb
Ambient temperature: 13C
Ambient RH: 92%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.4s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.8
RH equilibration at time: -7.3s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.3
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220908_222956.6 204330608 Hurricane Earl, 20220908I1 WP-3D, N43RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 6
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-08 22:29:56.0
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate: 18
Percentage of points with excessive fall rate: 3
Sounding diagnosed as a fast fall: No
File Processing
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 6
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-08 22:29:56.0
Processing Steps
QC processing completed (in 1.0s)
Levels created (in less than 1.0s)
WMO message coded (in less than 1.0s)
QC Data Recovery Statistics
1067 raw data records
5 ( 0.5%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
17 ( 1.6%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 529 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 518 ( 97.9%), overall rate: 48.5%
tdry : input file reported 529 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 517 ( 97.7%), overall rate: 48.5%
RH : input file reported 529 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 524 ( 99.1%), overall rate: 49.1%
winds: input file reported 1055 ( 98.9%) values, QC retained 1009 ( 95.6%), overall rate: 94.6%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2985.9m
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 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: 366
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 176
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): 266.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 266.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 6.3m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 973.4mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 25.9C
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)