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#41 Postby JonathanBelles » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:26 pm

which column is wind?
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#42 Postby P.K. » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:29 pm

There was at least one VDM earlier Luis.

URNT12 KWBC 181638
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 18/1619Z
B. 23 DEG 29 MIN N
50 DEG 16 MIN W
C. NA
D. NA
E. NA
F. 279 DEG 65 KT
G. 193 DEG 13 NM
H. 966 MB
I. 1 C/4964 M
J. 5 C/5157 M
K. NA/NA
L. OPEN SW
M. C40
N. 12345/5
O. 1/1 NM
P. NOAA2 WXWXA HELENE02 OB 13 AL082006
MAX FL WIND 65 KT S QUAD 1616Z
RAGGED EYE OPEN SE-W
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#43 Postby cycloneye » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:30 pm

fact789 wrote:which column is wind?


The third columm from right to left.
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#44 Postby Thunder44 » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:31 pm

966mb? The storm is weakening or is it just weaker from yesterday's flight?
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#45 Postby cycloneye » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:32 pm

Look how big the eye is,40 miles in diameter.
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#46 Postby artist » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:38 pm

could it be an eye replacement cycle?
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#47 Postby P.K. » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:41 pm

I don't see any VDMs from yesterday so here is one for comparison with the last one.

URNT12 KWBC 171901
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 17/1837Z
B. 20 DEG 56 MIN N
48 DEG 53 MIN W
C. 850 MB 1184 M
D. NA
E. NA
F. 179 DEG 111 KT
G. 086 DEG 25 NM
H. 970 MB
I. 18 C/1595 M
J. 22 C/1761 M
K. 18 C/NA
L. OPEN SW
M. E35/50/40
N. 12345/8
O. 1/1 NM
P. NOAA2 WXWXA HELENE OB 21 AL082006
MAX FL WIND 111 KT E QUAD 1831Z
RAGGED EYE
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#48 Postby cycloneye » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:42 pm

URNT40 KWBC 181830
NOAA2 WXWXA HELENE02
180100 2337 05030 17101 -0025 306006 +036 -020 349009 016 000
180200 2335 05026 17101 -0030 224014 +039 -008 235023 024 000
180300 2331 05022 17057 -0020 239043 +038 -001 236060 047 000
180400 2328 05018 16919 +0074 233078 +025 -002 233081 062 001
180500 2325 05015 16831 +0170 231077 +010 -020 233079 062 000
180600 2322 05011 16703 +0249 231073 +007 -015 232077 060 001
180700 2318 05008 16677 +0319 229073 +006 -010 231074 057 002
180800 2315 05004 16608 +0179 228069 +014 -013 232073 056 001
180900 2312 05001 16497 +0416 229064 +015 -013 230065 053 000
181000 2308 04957 16468 +0459 231061 +016 -033 231063 048 000
181100 2305 04954 16476 +0494 226062 +010 -034 226063 047 000
181200 2302 04950 16476 +0527 222060 +010 -029 220061 050 001
181300 2259 04947 16478 +0553 225061 +004 -014 225064 055 006
181400 2256 04944 16468 +0583 224057 +005 -019 225059 055 004
181500 2252 04940 16375 +0601 222058 +007 -026 221059 052 003
181600 2249 04936 16349 +0620 225059 +003 -034 223061 048 000
181700 2246 04933 16350 +0639 224059 -001 -031 223061 046 000
181800 2243 04930 16348 +0657 224059 -002 -022 224060 046 001
181900 2240 04926 16349 +0672 223059 -005 -026 221060 044 001
182000 2237 04923 16347 +0687 221055 -004 -035 221058 047 003
182100 2234 04919 16351 +0707 218055 -003 -038 218057 041 000
182200 2231 04916 16348 +0724 216055 -003 -044 215056 038 000
182300 2228 04913 16311 +0738 214053 -005 -044 215054 036 000
182400 2225 04910 16237 +0742 214055 -003 -047 215057 041 000
182500 2222 04906 16191 +0752 211051 -010 -020 211059 051 029
182600 2219 04903 16146 +0745 207058 -025 -050 206060 046 004
182700 2216 04900 16229 +0767 213057 -019 -067 212058 036 000
182800 2213 04857 16260 +0792 213055 -011 -071 212056 033 000
182900 2210 04853 16226 +0806 213054 -010 -093 215055 031 000
183000 2207 04850 16160 +0810 214053 -013 -125 215054 030 000
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#49 Postby Thunder44 » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:48 pm

P.K. wrote:I don't see any VDMs from yesterday so here is one for comparison with the last one.

URNT12 KWBC 171901
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 17/1837Z
B. 20 DEG 56 MIN N
48 DEG 53 MIN W
C. 850 MB 1184 M
D. NA
E. NA
F. 179 DEG 111 KT
G. 086 DEG 25 NM
H. 970 MB
I. 18 C/1595 M
J. 22 C/1761 M
K. 18 C/NA
L. OPEN SW
M. E35/50/40
N. 12345/8
O. 1/1 NM
P. NOAA2 WXWXA HELENE OB 21 AL082006
MAX FL WIND 111 KT E QUAD 1831Z
RAGGED EYE


This is from yesterday's mission 17/1837z
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#50 Postby P.K. » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:49 pm

Yes I know which I noted in my post. No VDMs got posted yesterday so I put that in here for comparison. :)
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#51 Postby cycloneye » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:50 pm

P.K. wrote:Yes I know which I noted in my post. No VDMs got posted yesterday so I put that in here for comparison. :)


Ok no problem. :)
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#52 Postby Thunder44 » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:51 pm

P.K. wrote:Yes I know which I noted in my post. No VDMs got posted yesterday so I put that in here for comparison. :)


I thought you meant that you didn't see any VDM's yesterday, and you found another one for today's mission.
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#53 Postby Thunder44 » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:06 pm

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#54 Postby cycloneye » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:10 pm

URNT40 KWBC 181900
NOAA2 WXWXA HELENE02
183100 2204 04846 16158 +0825 214051 -016 -096 213052 029 000
183200 2205 04842 16160 +0840 212051 -009 -129 209052 027 000
183300 2210 04841 16162 +0833 210053 -011 -162 209056 029 000
183400 2215 04841 16160 +0821 206056 -018 -079 207058 032 000
183500 2221 04841 16160 +0814 203059 -020 -066 203061 033 000
183600 2226 04841 16158 +0808 201058 -018 -063 202060 034 000
183700 2232 04841 16156 +0800 199060 -017 -082 197061 035 000
183800 2237 04841 16160 +0792 198061 -018 -077 197062 036 000
183900 2243 04841 16162 +0785 194061 -017 -099 192061 038 000
184000 2249 04841 16164 +0777 188060 -019 -143 189061 039 000
184100 2254 04841 16164 +0762 181059 -022 -073 180062 040 000
184200 2300 04842 16155 +0750 178060 -024 -067 179062 044 000
184300 2306 04842 16156 +0739 177062 -024 -061 178065 045 000
184400 2311 04842 16165 +0713 180060 -020 -050 179065 047 001
184500 2317 04842 16159 +0726 183059 -014 -046 183060 048 001
184600 2322 04841 16160 +0725 181063 -012 -044 180064 049 004
184700 2328 04841 16160 +0723 178065 -012 -041 180066 049 004
184800 2334 04842 16197 +0254 179057 -012 -043 179067 047 002
184900 2339 04842 16167 +0723 178063 -013 -040 178065 048 002
185000 2344 04844 16157 +0715 183066 -006 -035 182069 047 001
185100 2344 04849 16159 +0697 180072 -004 -033 179076 051 002
185200 2344 04854 16190 +0680 180074 -007 -029 178078 051 003
185300 2344 04859 16256 +0665 183067 -003 -018 184068 053 001
185400 2344 04903 16256 +0652 181062 +000 -014 179064 054 001
185500 2344 04908 16260 +0634 179065 -002 -016 180069 057 005
185600 2344 04913 16253 +0610 181064 +001 -025 179066 053 005
185700 2344 04918 16304 +0595 185064 +004 -022 185064 055 003
185800 2344 04923 16304 +0572 179063 +006 -016 179064 055 008
185900 2344 04927 16312 +0554 182064 +007 -021 186066 055 006
190000 2345 04932 16314 +0538 182068 +006 -007 182072 056 005
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#55 Postby Thunder44 » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:22 pm

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#56 Postby cycloneye » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:42 pm

URNT40 KWBC 181930
NOAA2 WXWXA HELENE02
190100 2345 04937 16376 +0506 179069 +004 -027 179069 054 000
190200 2346 04943 16491 +0469 174070 +005 -033 172071 056 001
190300 2347 04948 16493 +0433 172071 +006 -026 171073 057 001
190400 2348 04953 16493 +0397 171072 +005 -017 171073 058 005
190500 2349 04958 16495 +0346 176072 +007 -014 175072 060 005
190600 2350 05003 16532 +0281 174078 +014 -023 173080 063 003
190700 2350 05008 16685 +0204 176081 +013 -015 176083 064 002
190800 2350 05013 16736 +0110 177084 +009 -011 177084 067 007
190900 2349 05017 16889 +0051 178070 +015 +013 178086 070 015
191000 2349 05022 17029 +0008 167035 +029 -003 163045 065 003
191100 2348 05027 17025 -0017 158025 +045 -031 167029 039 000
191200 2346 05032 17037 -0038 174019 +057 -049 159024 019 000
191300 2346 05037 17023 -0053 173016 +066 -059 179019 017 000
191400 2345 05042 17023 -0055 172003 +060 -032 144011 024 000
191500 2344 05046 17026 -0048 349017 +052 -027 352024 017 000
191600 2344 05051 17023 -0003 351044 +044 -002 352058 041 000
191700 2344 05056 16957 +0072 347069 +035 -018 346074 068 000
191800 2344 05101 16814 +0146 355067 +039 -023 358071 067 000
191900 2344 05105 16712 +0214 354065 +038 -028 355067 062 000
192000 2344 05110 16710 +0289 353061 +036 -034 353065 059 000
192100 2344 05115 16705 +0351 356061 +033 -039 358062 058 000
192200 2344 05120 16600 +0397 358061 +030 -039 356064 060 000
192300 2343 05125 16588 +0437 003053 +024 -023 001056 064 002
192400 2344 05130 16418 +0463 358049 +020 -023 358051 064 002
192500 2343 05134 16397 +0484 357052 +012 -020 000054 062 000
192600 2343 05139 16402 +0516 000053 +010 -007 001055 065 005
192700 2343 05144 16407 +0556 006055 +005 -004 005059 064 012
192800 2343 05149 16397 +0588 010057 +005 -002 012062 061 006
192900 2343 05154 16338 +0615 013051 +005 -017 013053 057 000
193000 2343 05159 16336 +0637 011048 +000 -019 014053 056 002
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#57 Postby Thunder44 » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:50 pm

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#58 Postby craptacular » Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:08 pm

Since this plane is flying at 16,000 - 17,000 feet, what kind of wind factor would we want to assume? The table in the "recon decoding" thread and the graph wxman57 had shown in another thread only go up to 10,000 feet. If you extrapolate the chart (which probably is not a good idea) to that altitude, it gets close to the same winds as the surface.

Also, I don't know if anyone noticed that two planes are up there ... NOAA2 and NOAA9. 2 is providing the obs that have been posted here (16K-17K feet), while 9 is up there bombing dropsondes from 50,000 feet.
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#59 Postby cycloneye » Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:13 pm

URNT40 KWBC 182000
NOAA2 WXWXA HELENE02
193100 2343 05205 16336 +0658 010053 -005 -021 016057 052 002
193200 2343 05210 16326 +0675 356044 +000 -029 359048 052 004
193300 2343 05214 16334 +0692 355039 +001 -030 350041 052 005
193400 2343 05219 16340 +0714 002048 +003 -044 002051 045 000
193500 2343 05224 16327 +0730 358045 +000 -044 002051 042 000
193600 2343 05229 16257 +0744 358039 -002 -037 002040 041 000
193700 2343 05234 16232 +0756 002044 -001 -038 002049 036 000
193800 2343 05239 16208 +0764 007046 +000 -039 003051 037 000
193900 2343 05244 16209 +0778 006040 -008 -037 005044 037 000
194000 2343 05249 16210 +0785 002038 -004 -043 003040 036 000
194100 2343 05255 16208 +0790 004039 -007 -044 001039 034 000
194200 2343 05300 16211 +0802 001036 -008 -045 002037 032 000
194300 2343 05305 16209 +0812 004036 -013 -041 001038 031 000
194400 2342 05310 16206 +0816 002043 -018 -053 004047 027 000
194500 2338 05313 16211 +0824 355046 -012 -051 355048 024 000
194600 2333 05316 16200 +0831 353046 -009 -088 355048 024 000
194700 2329 05319 16163 +0832 353048 -016 -107 353049 022 000
194800 2324 05322 16165 +0838 351044 -011 -108 354047 019 000
194900 2319 05325 16154 +0841 347046 -004 -101 343049 018 000
195000 2315 05327 16156 +0842 346043 -008 -054 347046 021 000
195100 2311 05330 16160 +0846 347041 -010 -056 345043 029 002
195200 2307 05333 16156 +0847 345038 -011 -013 343043 049 022
195300 2302 05336 16149 +0852 356044 -010 -036 358049 042 003
195400 2258 05339 16156 +0863 356047 -014 -049 354051 033 000
195500 2254 05341 16162 +0870 348043 -016 -076 355049 023 000
195700 2245 05347 16195 +0892 344039 -009 -041 351042 037 009
195800 2241 05350 16337 +0911 349038 -017 -052 348040 023 000
195900 2237 05352 17163 +0977 353039 -031 -109 352040 021 000
200000 2233 05355 17868 +1036 354044 -039 -228 355046 020 000
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#60 Postby Thunder44 » Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:33 pm

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It looks like they are leaving. Anybody see another VDM?
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