- 88: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Sat 22-Dec-2001 20:55:11 GMT, Sounding IOP 14 sounding 3 2100
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011222
launch time UTC: 2100
Sonde coef tape #:127551909
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Pressure mb : 897.44
Temp C : -2.52
RH % : 84.90
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 897.8
Temp C : -3.2
RH% : 97.2
Wind Spd m/s : 0.2
Wind Dir deg : 236
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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Snowing quite hard now. No sunny skies to the west either. Visibility is about 500 feet.
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Termination Pressure mb : 53.6
Termination Altitude km : 20107
Reason for Termination : burst
Post-Termination Weather Description:
Snowed hard at the beginning hard, but pretty stopped now.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 898.3
Temp C : -2.44
RH % : 95.7
Wspd m/s : 1.2
Wdir deg : 347.1
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Good flight. Stopped snowing.
- 87: DAILY, Site Black Butte, Sat 22-Dec-2001 18:42:54 GMT, checks- good snow event today - PI provided more sondes for this IOP
All sensors seem to be reporting very nicely. The radiation sensors repeatedly get covered with snow and I'm sure have their accuracy effected.
Wind profiler shows very interesting circulations passing by over the last few days and shows the arrival of the snow when it happens by an increase in the altitude coverage.
The morning started out with clearish skies to the west and clouds over head, but it has all clouded up and turned into a nice snow event.
Mark Stolinga brought 5 more sondes today for the IOP.
- 86: SURFACE, Site Black Butte, Sat 22-Dec-2001 18:38:06 GMT, Radiation sensors and snow events
Today is a snow event. I brush the snow off every hourish, but the sensors get quite covered. The data is definitely effected by a snow layer slowly building over the top of it. Maybe in the future we need to think about coming up with a solution for the snow storm deployments to clear the snow off the sensors.
- 85: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Sat 22-Dec-2001 17:54:12 GMT, Sounding IOP 14 sounding 2 1800
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011222
launch time UTC: 1800
Sonde coef tape #:127551909
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Pressure mb : 897.7
Temp C : -3.64
RH % : 90.4
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 897.8
Temp C : -4
RH% : 97.2
Wind Spd m/s : 0.6
Wind Dir deg : 325
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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Snowing quite hard now. No sunny skies to the west either. Visibility is about 500 feet.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 47
Termination Altitude km : 20856
Reason for Termination : burst
Post-Termination Weather Description:
Snowed hard at the beginning hard, but pretty stopped now.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 898
Temp C : -3.7
RH % : 97.2
Wspd m/s : 0.001
Wdir deg : 191.4
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Good flight. Stopped snowing.
- 84: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Sat 22-Dec-2001 15:18:39 GMT, Sounding IOP 14 sounding 1 1500
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011222
launch time UTC: 1500
Sonde coef tape #:127551914
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Pressure mb : 895.95
Temp C : -4.41
RH % : 95.4
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 896.6
Temp C : -4.5
RH% : 97
Wind Spd m/s : 0.3
Wind Dir deg : 296
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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Cloudy to the west and over head. To the east there are broken clouds and quite beautiful. Had to make hardware change back to tape reading.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 50
Termination Altitude km : 20496
Reason for Termination : burst
Post-Termination Weather Description:
Same weather, clouds everywhere except the west.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 897.64
Temp C : -4.2
RH % : 97.2
Wspd m/s : 0.45
Wdir deg : 266
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Good flight. GPS seemed to fade in and out, but should have been a good wind resolution too.
- 83: DAILY, Site Black Butte, Thu 20-Dec-2001 06:08:45 GMT, Rad sensors covered with snow, else looks good. Shoveled snow off profiler
Found about 3-5 inches of snow on the radiation sensors when I got here. A good snowing today.
Found 10 inches of snow on the profiler antenna. Climbed in and shoveled it out.
T H WSP WDR P R all look good.
Wind profiler shows some interesting wind shears and nice frontal passages.
Snowing heavy over the pass and out halfway to Bend about 5pm and raining in Bend. Kind of stopped snowing here about 0600UTC.
Launches 3 sondes today. Only had 3 available. They wanted 4 so the 0000 was skipped.
- 82: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Thu 20-Dec-2001 05:44:08 GMT, Sounding IOP 13 sounding 4 0600 Used 3 9v batteries in series- worked, but not to burst. No More Sondes!
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011220
launch time UTC: 0300
Sonde coef tape #:106556405
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Pressure mb : 889.89
Temp C : -0.3
RH % : 90.7
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 891.5
Temp C : -0.3
RH% : 98.2
Wind Spd m/s : 0.0
Wind Dir deg : 66.8
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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Snow seems to have pretty much stopped. I am trying an experiment with this sonde. Since the boys had diagnosed this sonde as having a bad temp sensor they used up a battery and there wasn't one to be used. I rigged 3 9v in series and put it in the sonde. I juiced it to get max lift so if the batteries went dead early it would still get some height. ascent rate > 5 m/s.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 285
Termination Altitude km : 9336
Reason for Termination : suddenly lost signal.. seemed like interference.
Post-Termination Weather Description:
light snow.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 891.3
Temp C : -0.24
RH % : 98
Wspd m/s : 0.001
Wdir deg : 303
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3 9 v batteries seemed to work great as a substitute for the water dunk batteries. This sonde was supose to have a bad temp sensor. I wonder if the wrong sonde number was entered for the coef file? There was a new operator and all the sondes were in series. Did not make it to burst though.
- 81: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Thu 20-Dec-2001 03:15:48 GMT, Sounding IOP 13 sounding 3 0300 No sounding #2 because there weren't enough sondes
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011220
launch time UTC: 0300
Sonde coef tape #:050352307
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Pressure mb : 891.3
Temp C : 0.3
RH % : 93.6
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 892.2
Temp C : 0.0
RH% : 98.2
Wind Spd m/s : 0.0
Wind Dir deg : 80
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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Snowing lightly.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 75
Termination Altitude km : 17775
Reason for Termination : burst.
Post-Termination Weather Description:
light snow.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 891.9
Temp C : -0.177
RH % : 99
Wspd m/s : 0.001
Wdir deg : 37.6
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Sonde was slow to pick up on 7 satellites available but had 5 at release moment.
GPS locked and unlocked through out the flight. Winds maybe noise.
- 80: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Wed 19-Dec-2001 20:43:34 GMT, Sounding IOP 13 sounding 1 2100
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011219
launch time UTC: 2100
Sonde coef tape #:050352215
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 895
Temp C : 1.5
RH % : 74
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 895
Temp C : 0.8
RH% : 85.4
Wind Spd m/s : 0.24
Wind Dir deg : 302
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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overcast. Upper half of Black Butte obscured.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 150
Termination Altitude km : 11.5
Reason for Termination : probable burst.
Post-Termination Weather Description:
light snow. Started around 2130 UTC.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb :894
Temp C : 0.29
RH % : 94.3
Wspd m/s : 0.33
Wdir deg : 46
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About 10 percent rh difference between sonde and surface while in holding area.
Temp difference less than 1 C and no extra sondes so proceeded.
Sonde was slow to pick up on 7 satellites available but had 5 at release moment.
Regained 5 at 876 mb but lost them at 790 - 680 mb again. Used 35 cu ft for a 3-4 m/s rise. Changed to YAGI at 508 mb since sonde went nw then ne.
Probable burst at 200 mb. Last reasonable pressure 150 mb.
- 79: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Wed 19-Dec-2001 00:32:06 GMT, Sounding IOP 12 sounding 3
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011219
launch time UTC: 0000
Sonde coef tape #: 050352300
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 895
Temp C : 1.3
RH % : 87
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 895
Temp C : 0.92
RH% : 96.8
Wind Spd m/s : 3.24
Wind Dir deg : 227
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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overcast but a break near Black Butte. no preciption.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 98
Termination Altitude km : 16.2
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description: light snow. rather wet.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 895
Temp C : 0.83
RH % : 89.67
Wspd m/s : 0.13
Wdir deg : 297
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About 10 percent rh difference between surface and sonde in holding area.
a 1 degree temp difference narrowed before launch so I proceeded. Sonde was slow to catch the 6 satellites available but finally picked up 5 so I proceeded.
Sonde was poor in holding the satellites until about the time I switched to
YAGI at 640 mb. This log entry was lost after launch and reconstructed from
memory 30 minutes later during launch.
- 77: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Tue 18-Dec-2001 23:22:02 GMT, Sounding Launch Log Template
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- 76: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Tue 18-Dec-2001 20:22:26 GMT, Sounding IOP 12 sounding 2
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011218
launch time UTC: 2100
Sonde coef tape #:050352214
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 892
Temp C : 0.27
RH % : 100.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 891
Temp C : 0.39
RH% : 97.9
Wind Spd m/s : 4.54
Wind Dir deg : 136
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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light snow.
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Termination Pressure mb : 116
Termination Altitude km : 15.9
Reason for Termination : probable burst.
Post-Termination Weather Description:
moderate snow. rather wet stuff.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 893
Temp C : 0.34
RH % : 98.9
Wspd m/s : 1.18
Wdir deg : 322
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poor tracking below 860 mb. used 45 cf ( like first )for ascent rate 4-5 m/s.
weak signal above 400 mb Poor tracking above 200 mb. wind shift at surface
during flight.
- 75: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Tue 18-Dec-2001 17:31:57 GMT, Sounding IOP 12 sounding 1
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011218
launch time UTC: 1800
Sonde coef tape #:106556308
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Pressure mb : 892
Temp C : -0.10
RH % : 99.3
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 892
Temp C : -.13
RH% : 96.8
Wind Spd m/s : 1.84
Wind Dir deg : 134
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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moderate snow. smokey due to nearby slash fire. precipitation eased right
after launch.
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km : 16.1
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description: light to moderate snow.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 892
Temp C : 0.63
RH % : 92.7
Wspd m/s : 1.49
Wdir deg : 154
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weak signal above 400 mb. Enroute to site at 1700 utc. there was light snow at
Bend that became moderate at Sisters to the site.
- 74: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Tue 18-Dec-2001 00:22:41 GMT, paper tape reader installed, other unit needs repair, no longer reading coefs from disk
We have 4 new sondes and one original sonde. The new sondes do not have a coef disk with them so we have to read the coefs from tape. I converted over the RS80 to read tapes by changing the ribon cable. The spare RS80 did not seem compatible. It is marked to be retested.
- 73: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Mon 17-Dec-2001 05:44:31 GMT, Sounding IOP 11 sounding 3 sounding, PAM or Mizola? PAM>!
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011217
launch time UTC: 0600
Sonde coef tape #:106556303
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 889.82
Temp C : 5.14
RH % : 80.3
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 889.9
Temp C : 4.7
RH% : 84.1
Wind Spd m/s : 4.8
Wind Dir deg : 197
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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Snowing and raining out right now. Heavier precip than earlier. Going to spray it down with PAM. Lou wanted me to try it.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 197
Termination Altitude km :
Reason for Termination : Lost RF signal because of Black Butte?
Post-Termination Weather Description: cloudy and no precip.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 891
Temp C : 4.2
RH % : 85.75
Wspd m/s : 3.3
Wdir deg : 249.8
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Lost winds in the flight. Lost GPS time so I guess it couldn't get it back. The screen says 3-4 sats tracked by radiosonde, but no winds. Signal back up to 50dB.Looks like the front has past from the surface data. Good night Johnny.
- 72: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Mon 17-Dec-2001 02:46:26 GMT, Sounding IOP 11 sounding 2 sounding lost behind black butte.....
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011217
launch time UTC: 0300
Sonde coef tape #:106556310
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Pressure mb : 888.69
Temp C : 5.9
RH % : 79.1
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 889.3
Temp C : 6.3
RH% : 79.2
Wind Spd m/s : 3.7
Wind Dir deg : 227
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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Snowing and raining out right now. Light precip. Sonde headed straight towards black Bart.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 376
Termination Altitude km : 7?
Reason for Termination : Lost RF signal because of Black Butte
Post-Termination Weather Description: cloudy and no precip.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 889
Temp C : 5.6
RH % : 82.5
Wspd m/s : 1.6
Wdir deg : 226
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Lost flight again behind Black Butte, but this time never recovered.
- 71: DAILY, Site Black Butte, Mon 17-Dec-2001 01:31:28 GMT, Things look good
Sensors look good. Sunny when I got here, but snowing/raining now.
Interesting wind change yesterday at 1300, 12-16-01 GMT. Wind direction changed suddenly in the wind profiler and it looks real. You can see changes in surface data too at that time.
Got stuck and a flat tire on the way home last night. Spent 4 hours trying to get it fixed today!
- 70: IMPORTANT IMPORTANT, Site Black Butte, Mon 17-Dec-2001 00:40:21 GMT, JAZ disk copy, 1st disk. Profiler related
The disk space is filled to 95%, so I'm changing JAZ disks. I am making a second JAZ disk copy and will call it copy 2. Then I will start a second disk for the project which will need to be copied when it gets back to Boulder.
- 69: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Sun 16-Dec-2001 23:52:16 GMT, Sounding IOP 11 sounding 1 sounding will be very noisey because black butte is in the way.....
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011217
launch time UTC: 0000
Sonde coef tape #:106556311
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 889.3
Temp C : 8.28
RH % : 62.4
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 889
Temp C : 8.44
RH% : 60.9
Wind Spd m/s : 1
Wind Dir deg : 150
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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Cloudy to the west, but nice here with about 50% cloud coverage. Reduced the He to 35 cuft since it was relatively clear.
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Termination Pressure mb : 97
Termination Altitude km : 17
Reason for Termination : burst
Post-Termination Weather Description: cloudy and no precip.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 890
Temp C : 6.3
RH % : 75.9
Wspd m/s : 3.24
Wdir deg : 225.2
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Problems. The sondes head straight behind Black Butte and are out at an elevation angle of 10 degrees and the peak of black butte is at an elevation angle of 16 degrees. Hence, not a lot of signal. I am still getting signal, but the receiver is registering about 0dB, but sometimes higher. I'm going to stick with the sounding to see if I can finish it out, but the quality points will be low. Looks as though we have totally lost RAW wind data. Signal all the way back up to 30dB,but wind data is in and out.
- 68: DAILY, Site Black Butte, Sun 16-Dec-2001 02:28:21 GMT, Checking system.
Shoveled the profiler antenna off, had about 4 inches on it.
The radiation sensors were covered, so I brushed the snow off of them.
All the sensors look and and seem to be reporting fine.
Wind profiler is about 90.6% full. I will do a complete backup tomorrow.
- 67: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Sun 16-Dec-2001 02:22:32 GMT, Sounding IOP 10 sounding 2
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011216
launch time UTC: 0300
Sonde coef tape #:106556305
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 894
Temp C : 0.6
RH % : 97.6
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 894
Temp C : 0.43
RH% : 96.6
Wind Spd m/s : 2.17
Wind Dir deg : 125
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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light rain. Started as balloon was released.
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km : 16.1
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description: cloudy and no precip.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 894
Temp C : 4.47
RH % : 85.1
Wspd m/s : 1.51
Wdir deg : 230
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great flight. heard P3 above at time of launch. poor satellite tracking at start.
- 66: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Sat 15-Dec-2001 23:36:18 GMT, Sounding IOP 10 sounding 1
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011216
launch time UTC: 0000
Sonde coef tape #:
106556312
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 893
Temp C : -0.55
RH % : 93.6
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 894
Temp C : -.74
RH% : 92.6
Wind Spd m/s : 1.91
Wind Dir deg : 106
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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light snow. smokey due to nearby debris fire.
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km : 15.9
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description: overcast. black butte obscured.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 894
Temp C : -0.24
RH % : 94.5
Wspd m/s : 1.56
Wdir deg : 151
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great flight. used 45 cf.
- 65: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Fri 14-Dec-2001 05:11:05 GMT, Sounding IOP 9 sounding 5
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011214
launch time UTC: 0600
Sonde coef tape #:106556306
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Pressure mb : 880
Temp C : 2,7
RH % : 97
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 880
Temp C : 2.54
RH% : 97.2
Wind Spd m/s : 3.81
Wind Dir deg : 230
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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very light rain
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Termination Pressure mb : 436 mb
Termination Altitude km : 6.3
Reason for Termination : bad data and sno signal.
Post-Termination Weather Description:
light SNOW.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 881
Temp C : 0.98
RH % : 97.9
Wspd m/s : 5.43
Wdir deg : 288
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best flight of the night. only used 39 cf inspite of rain due to end of tank.
ascent rate was mostly 2-4 m/s. eastward azimuth helped avoid the butte.
weak signal above 521 mb but reasonable mean pressure and ascent through 440 mb.
It started to snow and temp dropped markedly during flight.
- 64: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Fri 14-Dec-2001 02:27:40 GMT, Sounding IOP 9 sounding 4
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011214
launch time UTC: 0300
Sonde coef tape #:106556304
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Pressure mb : 879.
Temp C : 3.74
RH % : 94.0
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 880
Temp C : 2.83
RH% : 97.4
Wind Spd m/s : 1.02
Wind Dir deg : 183
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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light rain
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Termination Pressure mb : 550
Termination Altitude km : 3.8 +
Reason for Termination : weak signal, bad data.
Post-Termination Weather Description:
light rain.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 878
Temp C : 3.68
RH % : 96.4
Wspd m/s : 2.81
Wdir deg : 208
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decent data to 600 mb but weak signal thereafter. last reasonable press 550 mb.
- 63: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Thu 13-Dec-2001 23:20:41 GMT, Sounding IOP 9 sounding 3.
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011214
launch time UTC: 00
Sonde coef tape #:106556302
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Pressure mb : 884
Temp C : 4.10
RH % : 91.1
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 883
Temp C : 4.24
RH% : 95.0
Wind Spd m/s : 1.05
Wind Dir deg : 171
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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moderate rain. gusty wind.
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Termination Pressure mb : 711
Termination Altitude km : 2.1
Reason for Termination : no signal
Post-Termination Weather Description:
moderate rain.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb :
Temp C : 882
RH % : 95.2
Wspd m/s : 2.91
Wdir deg : 206
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weak signal at 781 mb. last reported press 711 mb. used 50 cf. released when
sonde was tracking. good tracking above 879 mb.
- 62: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Thu 13-Dec-2001 21:49:12 GMT, Sounding IOP 9 sounding 2
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Site Name: Blck
date yymmdd: 011213
launch time UTC: 2211
Sonde coef tape #:106556309
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Pressure mb : 884
Temp C : 4.91
RH % : 87.9
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 884
Temp C : 4.99
RH% : 92.1
Wind Spd m/s : 3.9
Wind Dir deg : 234
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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light rain. some gusty wind.
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Termination Pressure mb : 747
Termination Altitude km : 3.3
Reason for Termination : bad data due to interference
Post-Termination Weather Description:
light rain.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 883
Temp C : 4.7
RH % : 92.2
Wspd m/s : 3.82
Wdir deg : 231
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interference and bad data above 747 mb oe 3310 m. I used 50 cu ft and changed
frequency to 403.8
- 61: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Thu 13-Dec-2001 20:44:15 GMT, Sounding IOP 9 sounding 1
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011213
launch time UTC: 2100
Sonde coef tape #:106556206
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Pressure mb : 883
Temp C : 5.83
RH % : 87.2
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 884
Temp C : 6.47
RH% : 86.9
Wind Spd m/s : 11.18
Wind Dir deg : 254
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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light to moderate rain and windy.
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Termination Pressure mb : 755
Termination Altitude km : unknown
Reason for Termination : burst
Post-Termination Weather Description:
rain and windy.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 4.01
Temp C : 5.5
RH % :
Wspd m/s : 89.5
Wdir deg : 258
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burst at 755 mb. very windy. poor tracking.
- 60: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Thu 13-Dec-2001 05:29:38 GMT, Sounding IOP 8 sounding 4
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date yymmdd: 011213
launch time UTC: 0600
Sonde coef tape #:106556103
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Pressure mb : 896
Temp C : 6.4
RH % : 71.1
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 896
Temp C : 5.88
RH% : 70.7
Wind Spd m/s : 2.29
Wind Dir deg : 114
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
rain, virga, etc. )
very light rain and quite smokey from a debris fire nearby.
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km : 15.9
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description:
light rain and gusty wind. Still smokey.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 897
Temp C : 5.43
RH % : 75.0
Wspd m/s : 8.12
Wdir deg : 261
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great flight.
- 59: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Thu 13-Dec-2001 02:27:22 GMT, Sounding IOP 8 sounding 3
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011213
launch time UTC: 0300
Sonde coef tape #:106556200
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 897.6
Temp C : 3.7
RH % : 83.0
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 898.9
Temp C : 4.1
RH% : 79.9
Wind Spd m/s : 3.39
Wind Dir deg : 189
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
rain, virga, etc. )
light rain mixed with snow.
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Termination Pressure mb : 99
Termination Altitude km : 15.9
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description: no precip.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 897
Temp C : 3.44
RH % : 83.5
Wspd m/s : 0.38
Wdir deg : 27
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good flight but poor wind data at times.
- 58: IMPORTANT IMPORTANT, Site Black Butte, Thu 13-Dec-2001 02:20:07 GMT, Irish Bend/Black Butte data files
The down load time over the web for the data pix are very slow to down load so I have been not been checking the data at the other site. I hope you guys are closely monitoring it for me. Tomorrow I go to Irish Bend. There will be another IOP tomorrow.
- 57: SOFTWARE, Site Black Butte, Thu 13-Dec-2001 02:15:11 GMT, RF modems direction/dist
Checking the GPS position of the black butte site vs the site of the ranch RF modem the distance is 2 miles and the bearing is 101 degrees. I need to look and see, but I think we are directly 90 degrees. I am uncertain of the antenna beam width, but hopefully we are not far off the peak. I used the TOPO USA to find these values. Checking the profile we are also about 50 feet higher here than at the BB ranch police station. That is something else in our favor..... There apears to be no ridges between.
- 56: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Wed 12-Dec-2001 23:22:02 GMT, Sounding IOP 8 sounding 2
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011213
launch time UTC: 00
Sonde coef tape #:106556115
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Pressure mb : 898
Temp C : 4,4
RH % : 76.3
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 898
Temp C : 4.42
RH% : 76.4
Wind Spd m/s : 1.82
Wind Dir deg : 208
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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Overcast. poor visibility due to smoke.
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km : 16.0
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description:
very light rain.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 899
Temp C : 4.39
RH % : 79.5
Wspd m/s : 3.82
Wdir deg : 221
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good flight. poor wind below 100 m.
- 55: DAILY, Site Black Butte, Wed 12-Dec-2001 21:35:44 GMT, GLASS software crash site seem fine otherwise
Today the GLASS software was crashed and would not read the coef file. Last night after the last sounding the labview would not shutdown and the done button only turned white. I did a cntrl-alt-delete on the labview software and said to end now. Then rebooted the GLASS computer with a normal windows reboot. Today when running the GLASS software everything would work, but when it tried to read the coefs file it could not find the sonde number. I tried another number and it would not find that one either. Lou suggested reloading the GLASS backup he made and I did that renaming the old software with a .old extension. The new reload worked fine and when closing the GLASS software it seemed to close fine, but a screen came up asking me to create some VIs. Ned said to push yes to all and that woked.
All sensors seem to be working fine. Profiler software is working fine. Etc.
I checked the wind profiler antenna to see if it was level or not and is perfect.
- 54: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Wed 12-Dec-2001 21:02:41 GMT, Sounding IOP8 Sounding 1
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Site Name: BLACK BUTTE
date yymmdd: 12-DEC-01
launch time UTC: 21:00.... late software crash
Sonde coef tape #: 106556205
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 898
Temp C : 0.33
RH % : 75
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 899
Temp C : -0.4
RH% : 89.1
Wind Spd m/s : 0.7
Wind Dir deg : 30
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
rain, virga, etc. )
Cloudy all morning, groupel falling. You can see most of black butte. The sun is trying hard to shine through. The cloud layer must be fairly thin. Windy in Bend all morning.
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Termination Pressure mb : 100mb
Termination Altitude km :
Reason for Termination : balloon burst
Post-Termination Weather Description: The sun is coming through more now and the clouds seem to be breaking up to the west
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 898.63
Temp C : 3.8
RH % : 81.1
Wspd m/s : 0.75
Wdir deg : 199.91
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The day before the GLASS software would not quit when done was pushed, the button turned white but nothing happened. Other buttons were pushed and again nothing happened. The process was stopped using a cntrl-alt-del. The next sounding that happened was this one and the software would not read the coef file. It required reloading the backup Lou made of the installed file.
- 52: DAILY, Site Black Butte, Wed 12-Dec-2001 00:26:47 GMT, checked
Today is IOP 7 for the ISS. We are down to 15 sondes. Helium looks okay and there are more than enough balloons.
I checked the radiation sensors desicant and it still has some bluish to it so I did not check it.
I checked the towers and cables are fine. They didn't have zip ties on them so I added some.
Profiler has the disk 75% full and the file transfers are going fine.
aspiration fan is still making noise.
No obvious data abnormalities.
Weather today was light, with fluries in and out all day. Sun breaking through from time to time.
- 51: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Tue 11-Dec-2001 23:15:46 GMT, Sounding IOP 7 sounding 3
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011212
launch time UTC:00
Sonde coef tape #: 106556204
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 891
Temp C : 2.05
RH % : 81.0
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 891
Temp C : 2.01
RH% : 84.2
Wind Spd m/s : 2.63
Wind Dir deg : 285
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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overcast, Black Butte obscured.
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km : 15.9
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description: very light rain
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 893
Temp C : 1.13
RH % : 90.2
Wspd m/s : 2.38
Wdir deg : 358
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great flight. no problems.
- 50: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Tue 11-Dec-2001 20:14:48 GMT, Sounding IOP 7 sounding 2
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011211
launch time UTC: 2100
Sonde coef tape #:106556202
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 890
Temp C : 2.58
RH % : 78.1
Fo r Surface Data
Pressure mb : 890
Temp C : 2.87
RH% : 78.2
Wind Spd m/s : 1.44
Wind Dir deg : 359
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
rain, virga, etc. )
light snow and overcast. Black Butte obscured.
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km : 15.9
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description: light snow.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 890
Temp C : 1.85
RH % : 90.6
Wspd m/s : 1.02
Wdir deg : 61
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great flight, poor tracking and winds below 2 km.
- 49: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Tue 11-Dec-2001 18:12:45 GMT, Sounding IOP 7 sounding 1
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011211
launch time UTC: 1800
Sonde coef tape #:106556104
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Pressure mb : 892
Temp C : 1.9
RH % : 69
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 892
Temp C : 1.7
RH% : 75
Wind Spd m/s : 1.7
Wind Dir deg : 169
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
rain, virga, etc. )
light snow flurry. A few breaks in overcast. Butte visible except top.
Enroute to site from Bend no precip until right on site.
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km : 15.5
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description: very light snow
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 891
Temp C : 2.54
RH % : 73.5
Wspd m/s : 4.19
Wdir deg : 157.5
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bad wind below 885 mb due to less than 4 satellites.
- 48: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Tue 11-Dec-2001 17:35:21 GMT, Sounding Launch Log Template
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Pressure mb :
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Pressure mb :
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- 47: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Sun 09-Dec-2001 05:16:52 GMT, Sounding IOP6 Sounding 6
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011209
launch time UTC: 06:00
Sonde coef tape #:106556315
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 898
Temp C : 1.13
RH % : 83.5
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 898
Temp C : 0.80
RH% : 84.4
Wind Spd m/s : 1.17
Wind Dir deg : 337
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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Light Snow
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Termination Pressure mb :100
Termination Altitude km : 16
Reason for Termination : End
Post-Termination Weather Description: Cloudy
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 898.83
Temp C : 1.12
RH % : 77.0
Wspd m/s : 1.39
Wdir deg : 278.35
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Great launch
- 46: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Sun 09-Dec-2001 01:18:47 GMT, Sounding IOP6 Sounding 5
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011209
launch time UTC: 03:00
Sonde coef tape #:106556203
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Pressure mb : 897
Temp C : 1.63
RH % : 86.0
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 897
Temp C : 1.86
RH% : 86.3
Wind Spd m/s : 1.85
Wind Dir deg : 326
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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Very Light Rain
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km : 16.0
Reason for Termination : End
Post-Termination Weather Description:
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 897.4
Temp C : 0.62
RH % : 93.4
Wspd m/s : 0.92
Wdir deg : 33.5
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Sprinles
- 45: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Sat 08-Dec-2001 22:50:03 GMT, Sounding IOP6 Sounding 4
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011209
launch time UTC: 00:00
Sonde coef tape #:106556201
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Pressure mb : 896
Temp C : 5.4
RH % : 50.0
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 896
Temp C : 5.60
RH% : 51.5
Wind Spd m/s : 1.75
Wind Dir deg : 334
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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Broken Clouds - Shield of SC to west, some lenticular clouds
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Termination Pressure mb : 100mb
Termination Altitude km : 15.9
Reason for Termination : End
Post-Termination Weather Description:
Mostly Cloudy
For Surface Data
Pressure mb :897
Temp C :3.8
RH % :62.5
Wspd m/s :4.69
Wdir deg :306.47
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Great Launch
- 44: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Sat 08-Dec-2001 20:22:50 GMT, Sounding IOP6 Sounding3
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011208
launch time UTC: 21:00
Sonde coef tape #:106556313
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Pressure mb : 897
Temp C : 8.6
RH % : 35.3
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 898
Temp C : 9.60
RH% : 32.5
Wind Spd m/s : 2.12
Wind Dir deg : 328
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
rain, virga, etc. )
scattered ac and broken ci. a few lenticular.
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Termination Pressure mb : 330
Termination Altitude km : 8.4
Reason for Termination : Bad data/ possible balloon bust
Post-Termination Weather Description: scattered ac broken ci. a few lenticular
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 897.1
Temp C : 8.81
RH % : 36.2
Wspd m/s : 0.45
Wdir deg : 218
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rejected first sonde #106556405 because temperature way high.
Weak signal after 500mb and possible busted balloon at about 300mb
- 43: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Sat 08-Dec-2001 17:17:31 GMT, Sounding IOP6 Sounding 2
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 01/08/12
launch time UTC: 18:00
Sonde coef tape #:106556314
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Pressure mb : 900
Temp C : -3.2
RH % : 87.5
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 900
Temp C : -3.24
RH% : 95.1
Wind Spd m/s : 0.52
Wind Dir deg : 172.86
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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Partly Cloudy - All peaks visible
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Termination Pressure mb :200
Termination Altitude km : 12
Reason for Termination : weak signal and bad data above 200
Post-Termination Weather Description: broken mid to upper clouds.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 899
Temp C : 1.02
RH % : 74.8
Wspd m/s : 0.54
Wdir deg : 152
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good flight but weak signal above 300 and bad data around 200.
- 42: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Sat 08-Dec-2001 15:40:00 GMT, Sounding IOP 6 Sounding 1
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 12/08/01
launch time UTC: 16:00
Sonde coef tape #:106556403
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Pressure mb : 901
Temp C : -3.44
RH % : 87.3
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 901
Temp C : -3.75
RH% : 95.4
Wind Spd m/s : 1.42
Wind Dir deg : 191
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
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Overcast with Black Butte visible
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Termination Pressure mb :100
Termination Altitude km : 15.9
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description: Overcast with BB visible
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 900
Temp C : -3.48
RH % : 97.3
Wspd m/s : 1.29
Wdir deg : 125
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Great flight -no complications
- 40: SURFACE, Site Black Butte, Fri 07-Dec-2001 18:48:49 GMT, lat lan dec alt
Model: IGRF2000
Lat : 44.38
Lon : -121.68
Alt : 3395 ft
Dec : 17d 16m
- 39: RADAR, Site Black Butte, Fri 07-Dec-2001 18:37:13 GMT, new cable
The SMA cable from the final to the antenna was changed out today. Profiler took data w/o any power being transmitted.
- 38: DAILY, Site Black Butte, Fri 07-Dec-2001 17:50:41 GMT, All seems fine
Checked the radiation stand, it was covered with rime ice. The sensors are level and I chipped off the rime ice. I checked the surface station and the aspiration is working fine. Profiler isn't seeing very high. NIMA computer is running fine.
Lou is changing the front end cable out from the antenna. The profiler is running right now, but the final is not transmitting because the tx pulse is disconnected.
The weather is clear and all peaks in the area are visible.
- 37: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Thu 06-Dec-2001 04:41:08 GMT, Sounding IOP5 sounding 3
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011206
launch time UTC: 0600
Sonde coef tape #:106556406
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Pressure mb : 891
Temp C : 3.6
RH % : 90.1
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 892
Temp C : 3.9
RH% :83.4
Wind Spd m/s : 2.44
Wind Dir deg :282
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description light rain.
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Termination Pressure mb : 205mb
Termination Altitude km : 11.3
Reason for Termination : weak signal.
Post-Termination Weather Description: light rain and strong gusty wind.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 892
Temp C : 5.06
RH % : 82.8
Wspd m/s : 4.8
Wdir deg : 228
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no satellites available. Cycled power off and on and started over.
good flight but weak signal above 250 mb.
- 36: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Thu 06-Dec-2001 00:59:14 GMT, Sounding IOP5 sounding 2
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011206
launch time UTC: 0300
Sonde coef tape #: 106556404
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Pressure mb : 893
Temp C : 1.5
RH % : 84.8
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 893
Temp C : 1.35
RH% : 86.5
Wind Spd m/s : 4.47
Wind Dir deg : 111
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description very light (very wet )snow.
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km : 15.9
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description: very light snow
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 893
Temp C : 0.27
RH % : 96.3
Wspd m/s : .00
Wdir deg : 301
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good flight but poor tracking at times.
- 35: RADAR, Site Black Butte, Wed 05-Dec-2001 21:49:09 GMT,
Dug about 2ft of ice and snow out of the radome.We must come up with a better method of doing this for wet snow projects.The main problem was the other day when it snowed at night then rained hard during the day which turned everything to ice .
- 34: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Wed 05-Dec-2001 20:23:08 GMT,
We have found on IOPS where the sondes do not head towards Black Butte we can track them to 100mb with a strong signal.
- 33: DAILY, Site Black Butte, Wed 05-Dec-2001 20:17:17 GMT, Notes
On Dec third the 10 meter tower was lowered and the freewave antenna raised to the top of the tower. Also the hop tables were changed.To New Zealand hop table.
- 32: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Wed 05-Dec-2001 03:51:54 GMT, Sounding OP4 sounding 4.
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Site Name: Black Buttw
date yymmdd: 011205
launch time UTC: 0450
Sonde coef tape #:106556400
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Pressure mb : 891
Temp C : -1.1
RH % : 97.6
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 891
Temp C : -1.03
RH% : 95.1
Wind Spd m/s : 1.24
Wind Dir deg : 100
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description light to moderate snow. 3 inch total accumulation since
2230z and .75 since end of last sonde.
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Termination Pressure mb : 240
Termination Altitude km : 10.1
Reason for Termination : IOP ending and it is late.
Post-Termination Weather Description: light to moderate snow. another 1/2 during
flight for a 3.5 total since 2230.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 890
Temp C : -.89
RH % : -95.5
Wspd m/s : 2.23
Wdir deg : 108
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more noise than earlier flights.
- 31: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Wed 05-Dec-2001 02:25:41 GMT, Sounding IOP4 sounding 3
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011205
launch time UTC: 0250
Sonde coef tape #:106556401
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Pressure mb : 892
Temp C : -1.32
RH % : 100
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 892
Temp C : -1.25
RH% : 96.1
Wind Spd m/s : 2.08
Wind Dir deg : 114
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description light to moderate snow. 1.5 inch accumulation since
2230 and 3/4 inch since 0150.
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km : 15.8
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description: light to moderate snow. accumulation total
since 2230 is 2.25 another 0.75 during flight.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 891
Temp C : -1.10
RH % : 94.5
Wspd m/s : 16
Wdir deg : 108
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great flight.
- 30: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Wed 05-Dec-2001 00:27:09 GMT, Sounding IOP4 sounding 2
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011205
launch time UTC: 0055
Sonde coef tape #:106556213
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Pressure mb : 893
Temp C : -1.22
RH % : 94
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 893.
Temp C : -1.31
RH% : 94.2
Wind Spd m/s :1.4
Wind Dir deg : 88
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description moderate snow
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Terminatio n Pressure mb : 98
Termination Altitude km : 16.1
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description:
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 893
Temp C : -1.31
RH % : 93.5
Wspd m/s : 1.6
Wdir deg : 107
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great flight. mostly 4.0 m/s ascent. snow has accumulated about 3/4 inch in 2 hours.
- 29: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Tue 04-Dec-2001 22:14:16 GMT, Sounding IOP4 sounding 1
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011204
launch time UTC: 2255
Sonde coef tape #:106556209
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Pressure mb : 893
Temp C : -0.42
RH % : 82.2
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 893
Temp C : -0.43
RH% : 81.1
Wind Spd m/s : 1.17
Wind Dir deg : 67
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description light snow and overcast. Enroute to site at 145 pm pst
snow began at Sisters.
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km : 16
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description: light snow.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 893
Temp C : -0.75
RH % : 83.4
Wspd m/s : 2.0
Wdir deg : 29
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good flight except lowest winds may be degraded slightlly due to YAGI setting
first 30 seconds. I used 40 cf He and got about 4 m/s ascent.
- 28: SURFACE, Site Black Butte, Mon 03-Dec-2001 19:51:29 GMT, IR sensor
The ir solar radiation sensor died on Dec 1st.fixed on 3 dec at 20z. All I did was disconnect and reconnect both ends of the cable
- 27: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Sat 01-Dec-2001 20:22:13 GMT, Sounding IOP3 sounding 3
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011201
launch time UTC: 2055
Sonde coef tape #:106556214
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Pressure mb : 882
Temp C : 1.27
RH % : 92.2
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 882
Temp C : 1.71
RH% : 95.2
Wind Spd m/s :3.2
Wind Dir deg :162
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description light grauple shower
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Termination Pressure mb : 383mb
Termination Altitude km : 6.829
Reason for Termination : lost signal
Post-Termination Weather Description: overcast and very light grauple. periods of sun and no precipitation during flight.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 881
Temp C : 2.25
RH % : 79.9
Wspd m/s : 2.98
Wdir deg : 193
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used 400.2 mhz and 40 cf. Weak signal above 500 mb. lost position at times.
Wind suspect above 460 mb or 5940 m.
Project:32 sondes left, 3.9 tanks of He used.
- 26: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Sat 01-Dec-2001 16:25:27 GMT, Sounding IOP 3 sounding 2
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011201
launch time UTC: 1755
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Pressure mb : 880
Temp C : 1.5
RH % : 88.5
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 880
Temp C : 1.41
RH% : 97.2
Wind Spd m/s : 3.12
Wind Dir deg : 183
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description light snow (rather wet)
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Termination Pressure mb :407
Termination Altitude km : 5.0
Reason for Termination : signal interference.
Post-Termination Weather Description: overcast
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 880
Temp C : 1.9
RH % : 95.7
Wspd m/s : 1.29
Wdir deg : 216
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signal interference above 420 mb. last good press 407, it jumped to 138 thereafter so terminated flight. used 50 cf He. More than needed but precipitation increased as I was inflating.
- 25: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Sat 01-Dec-2001 14:27:08 GMT, Sounding IOP3 sounding 1
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011201
launch time UTC: 1455
Sonde coef tape #:106556212
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 879
Temp C : 0.73
RH % : 95.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 879
Temp C : 0.79
RH% : 94.7
Wind Spd m/s : 2.4
Wind Dir deg : 173
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description light snow (rather wet). enroute to site: rain mixed with snow in Bend, light rain in Sisters, and snow beyond Sisters. Used 49 cf.
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Termination Pressure mb : 378 mb
Termination Altitude km : 6017
Reason for Termination : no signal.
Post-Termination Weather Description:
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 878
Temp C : 0.34
RH % : 97,6
Wspd m/s : 3.3
Wdir deg : 130
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Signal became very weak after 620 mb bur tracked wind to near 500 mb. Stopped
updating at 378 mb.
- 24: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Thu 29-Nov-2001 22:23:56 GMT, Sounding IOP2 sounding 5
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011129
launch time UTC: 2300
Sonde coef tape #:106556211
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 888
Temp C : 1.3
RH % : 62.3
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 889
Temp C : 1.5
RH% : 63.4
Wind Spd m/s : 4.3
Wind Dir deg : 265
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description scattered Cu but cascades mostly obscured
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km : 15.9
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description:
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 889
Temp C : 0.78
RH % : 69.6
Wspd m/s : 1.7
Wdir deg : 305
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Good quality throughout. No significant weather. goos axcent rate with 40 cf.
- 23: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Thu 29-Nov-2001 19:35:43 GMT, Sounding IOP2 sounding 4
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011129
launch time UTC: 2055
Sonde coef tape #: 106556300
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Pressure mb : 887
Temp C : 1.9
RH % : 63.3
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 887
Temp C : 1.5
RH% : 66.3
Wind Spd m/s : 3.3
Wind Dir deg : 2786
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description mostly sunny.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 94mb
Termination Altitude km : 15.3
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description: Scattered Cu.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 888
Temp C : 1.0
RH % : 67.3
Wspd m/s : 4.2
Wdir deg : 303
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wind became unreliable 520-620mb for no known reason. perhaps due to snow
flurries at site during flight.surface gust to 20kt at 2125z.
- 22: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Thu 29-Nov-2001 17:48:33 GMT, Sounding IOP 2 sounding 3
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011129
launch time UTC: 1850
Sonde coef tape #:106556215
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Pressure mb : 886
Temp C : .3
RH % : 65
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 887
Temp C : 0.6
RH% : 65.5
Wind Spd m/s : 4.9
Wind Dir deg : 270
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description light and gusty wind.
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km :
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description: light sbiw
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 887
Temp C : 0.0
RH % : 76.8
Wspd m/s : 2.1
Wdir deg : 312
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no problems. forgot to record altitude at 100 mb.
- 21: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Thu 29-Nov-2001 16:29:31 GMT, Sounding IOP2 sounding 2
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011129
launch time UTC: 1700
Sonde coef tape #:110204604
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Pressure mb :884
Temp C : .8
RH % : 88
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 884
Temp C : 0.7
RH% : 84.9
Wind Spd m/s : 4.1
Wind Dir deg : 280
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description light snow
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Termination Pressure mb : 100 mb
Termination Altitude km : 15953
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description:
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 886
Temp C : 0.5
RH % : 78.9
Wspd m/s : 4.1
Wdir deg : 265
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Gps on sonde was bouncing in and out. MWG card had had 7 sats.
- 20: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Thu 29-Nov-2001 14:50:30 GMT, Sounding IOP 2 sounding 1
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011129
launch time UTC: 1515
Sonde coef tape #:110204607
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 881
Temp C : 1.45
RH % : 84.8
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 881
Temp C : 1.3
RH% : 84
Wind Spd : 4.9
Wind Dir deg : 244
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 163
Termination Altitude km : 12000
Reason for Termination : lost signal
Post-Termination Weather Description:
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 883
Temp C : .8
RH % : 87
Wspd m/s :2
Wdir deg : 293
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
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Good sounding winds from different direction and snow more then rain. 50 cu ft useed ascent rates a little high will try 45 cu ft unless snow increases. Lost winds at 348mb
- 19: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Thu 29-Nov-2001 14:25:52 GMT, Notes IOP 1
Due to the very heavy rainfall/snow during the first IOP extra soundings were made to see if increased helium could get the sondes above the rain/snow.The extra soundings were made from the testing and training allotment and did not effect the number of sondes alloted to the project.
Everything from 40 cubic feet of helium to 75 cu ft was tried. There was no advantage found even with 75 the ascent rates once the balloon got iced up were 2.8 meters per second . This combined with the wind direction taking the soundings directly towards Black Butte ment that the soundings were being lost at approx 700mb. Black Butte was between the sondes and our antenna system and were not high enough to be seen by the antenna.
The last sounding of the IOP was made in much better conditions [ lighter rain/snow] this sounding was traked up to approx 350mb.
Because of the lack of data we were getting I talked to Cliff Mass [pi and ops co-ordinator about the soundings. He said to continue to launch as it was the lower data they were primaily interested in.
- 18: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Thu 29-Nov-2001 02:22:21 GMT, Sounding IOP1 sounding 7
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011129
launch time UTC: 0250
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Pressure mb : 876.7
Temp C : 2.46
RH % : 91
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 877
Temp C : 3.5
RH% : 82.9
Wind Spd m/s : 4.1
Wind Dir deg : 188.2
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Weather Description light snow
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Reason for Termination : lost signal
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Pressure mb : 876
Temp C : 3.7
RH % : 80
Wspd m/s :4.9
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Best sounding of IOP very light rain snow mix 50 cu ft used
- 17: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Wed 28-Nov-2001 23:31:15 GMT, Sounding iop1 sounding 6
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date yymmdd: 011128
launch time UTC: 0000
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Pressure mb : 877
Temp C : 2.23
RH % : 97
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Pressure mb : 877
Temp C : 2.5
RH% : 96
Wind Spd m/s : 2.0
Wind Dir deg : 139
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Weather Description raining
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Termination Pressure mb : 760mb
Termination Altitude km :
Reason for Termination : lost sonde
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Pressure mb : 877
Temp C : 2.7
RH % : 94
Wspd m/s :2.4
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73 cu ft of helium still iced up 2 meter per second accent rates. Lost sonde at approx 760 mb due to interferance from a digital signal. Signal was weakening befor interferance would have been lost behind Black Butte anyhow.
- 16: RADAR, Site Black Butte, Wed 28-Nov-2001 23:05:38 GMT, soap
Got the soap comunications working at approx 23z. New cables were used.
- 15: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Wed 28-Nov-2001 20:30:30 GMT, Sounding IOP 1 sounding 5
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date yymmdd: 011128
launch time UTC: 2100
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Pressure mb : 877
Temp C : 4,2
RH % : 89.0
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Pressure mb :877
Temp C :3.9
RH% :96.0
Wind Spd m/s :2.8
Wind Dir deg :143
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Weather Description raining
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- 14: RADAR, Site Black Butte, Wed 28-Nov-2001 19:01:29 GMT, Profiler final amp tests
Turned profiler off at approx18:34 z . Put final amp from ISS2 on system appeared to run for 2-3 min with normal power out put on interface then went to 007. Reattached ISS3 final amp at approx 18:50 and restarted profiler Everything appears to be running fine
- 13: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Wed 28-Nov-2001 18:02:28 GMT, Sounding IOP 1 sounding 4
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd:011128
launch time UTC: 18:15
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Pressure mb : 877
Temp C : 1.5
RH % : 98
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Pressure mb : 878
Temp C : 1,3
RH% : 97
Wind Spd m/s :3.8
Wind Dir deg : 160
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Suspect balloon loading up with snow and ice and sinking behind 5 mile butte. this sounding had approx 60 cu ft of helium will try more on next sounding.
- 12: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Wed 28-Nov-2001 17:25:10 GMT, Sounding IOP 1 sounding 3
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date yymmdd: 011128
launch time UTC: 17:50
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Pressure mb : 878
Temp C : 1.4
RH % : 95.6
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Pressure mb : 878
Temp C : 1
RH% : 96.8
Wind Spd m/s :2.2
Wind Dir deg : 170
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raining
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Interferance from another sonde jumped our pressure from 700 to 300 mb another launch was made.
- 11: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Wed 28-Nov-2001 15:25:03 GMT, Sounding iop 1 sounding 2
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Site Name: black butte
date yymmdd: 011128
launch time UTC: 1530
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Pressure mb : 879
Temp C : 0
RH % : 97
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 880
Temp C : -0.9
RH% : 98.3
Wind Spd m/s : 1.0
Wind Dir deg : 319
Pre-Launch light rain.
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- 10: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Wed 28-Nov-2001 14:47:08 GMT, Sounding IOP 1 sounding 1
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date yymmdd: 011128
launch time UTC:15:10
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Pressure mb : 879
Temp C : -1.5
RH % : 95
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 880
Temp C : -2.3
RH% : 97
Wind Spd m/s :.197
Wind Dir deg : 260
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snowing
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- 8: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Sat 24-Nov-2001 20:52:50 GMT, Sounding IOP5 sounding 1
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Site Name: Black Butte
date yymmdd: 011206
launch time UTC: oz
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Pressure mb : 895
Temp C : .28
RH % : 82
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 895
Temp C : .3
RH% : 79
Wind Spd m/s :1.6
Wind Dir deg : 353
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description overcast. Black Butte obscured.
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Termination Pressure mb : 101
Termination Altitude km : 15.9
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Pressure mb : 895
Temp C : 0.13
RH % : 88.7
Wspd m/s : 1.89
Wdir deg : 106
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Upon leaving site after IOP4 at 0530 UTC the snow decreased to light at
Tolgate and very light at Gist Road east of Sisters.
Today, 35 cf He used due to no precipitation. no problems. light snow began
after launch.
- 7: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Sat 24-Nov-2001 19:01:37 GMT, Sounding test
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date yymmdd: 01/11/27
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Pressure mb : 876.6
Temp C : -.12
RH % : 95.8
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 877.5
Temp C : -.5
RH% : 95.7
Wind Spd m/s :1.9
Wind Dir deg : 119
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snowing like hell
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km :
Reason for Termination : PI
Post-Termination Weather Description: snowing like hell
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Pressure mb : 876.5
Temp C : -.5
RH % : 96
Wspd m/s :.44
Wdir deg : 334
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snowing like hell
- 5: RADAR, Site Black Butte, Fri 16-Nov-2001 23:24:37 GMT,
PROFILER
ANTENNA ORIENTATION:
Looking along Y38 side is 110d, ie. y+nor (38) is 20 deg (E of N)
(Corrected for magnetic dec of +17d).
MODE: For ops plan to run in 3 beams with low and high modes.
15 Nov 2UT - 19UT, 23:30UT - Nov 16 19:30UT
3 beams, south and west beams.
Clutter may be a problem at times.
There is forest all around, Black Butte mountain is about
3 km for the north east (55d E of N). There is also sometimes
heavy equipment (trucks & loader) operating 50 to 200 m to south.
TEST 5 BEAM MODE:
To test which beams have least clutter, ran in 5 beam low mode
Nov 15, 19UT - 23:30UT. Some rain and some clear-air.
Processed that period with NIMA. Clutter algorithm found:
East & West beams similar clutter (~23dB), though east has greater std.dev.
South more clutter than north (~20dB vs ~5dB)
N & S saw a little mountain clutter (~1-2 dB) at about 3km.
South also had a little more noise & unidentified signal than north.
Decided to use west and north beams.
Nov 16, 20UT: back to 3 beams, low & high mode, north and west beams.
POP PARAMETERS:
Parameter Set 1:
IPP 58, PW 700, Code 4, Nhgts 48, DLY 2000, Space 700, CohAv 70,
SpAv 30, Npts 128, Scale 20.2 m/s, Dwell 20s, Hgt .14 - 5.07 km,
IPP 8.13 km, Pulse 105 m.
Parameter Set 2:
IPP 90, PW 1700, Code 2, Nhgts 40, DLY 3900, Space 1700, CohAv 44,
SpAv 30, Npts 128, Scale 20.7 m/s, Dwell 20s, Hgt .33 - 10.27 km,
IPP 12.83 km, Pulse 255 m.
Beams (beam name, parameter set) (all NRep 1) :
yvert 1, xvert 1, y+nor 1, x-wes 1, yvert 2, y+nor 2, x-wes 2
- 3: DAILY, Site Black Butte, Fri 16-Nov-2001 17:30:39 GMT, Setup Status
It's raining. Port-a-potty delivery received yesterday, will be
serviced no more frequently than weekly. Helium received today.
Expecting radio modems from fedex today.
Site map and photographs completed by Lou and Bill.
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Phone and internet access:
Land-line Qwest service:
Greg from Qwest visited yesterday, looked for phone drops nearby and thought
closest to be several tenths of a mile away, so he referred our service request
to an engineer. The engineer called back yesterday and spoke with Lou.
Engineer's estimate was that project would require trenching and burying a
phone line across National Forest land costing several thousand dollars, not
to mention the project wouldn't finish before the project had ended. It
rained yesterday too.
Satellite internet access:
Yesterday I called Paratech in Bend OR about satellite internet
access, asking for estimates on both a lease and permanent purchase of
equipment and service. We are waiting to hear back from Nancy
(541-389-1514). They resell Starband (www.starband.com). A quick
check of their web site indicates about $400 for equipment, $200
installation, and $80 a month for service, but a one year contract is
required. That is still within the $1500 communications budget for
this site, and it would give us high-speed, continuous internet
access, about 256k. One possible hitch is that Starband explicitly
says it will not work with Linux, Unix, and Mac, only Windows. There
is software (WinProxy) available for purchase to let a Windows host
act as a router/gateway for small home networks. The ideal drop-in
replacement, though, would be something we could just attach to the
trailer network.
Another satellite service provider is DirecWay (formerly DirectPC I
think) from Hughes. I have a request for information in to them but
do not know anythin else nor if they have any local distributors.
Freewave radio modems:
This morning I talked to the local ranger station (Sisters Ranger
District, 541-549-7700) about possible communication sites. Five Mile
Butte is within a few miles of the site, in line of sight, and has
electrical power and three existing facilities. I spoke with Tucker
Williamson, Resident Forester with Willamette Industries, the
landowner, and we have his permission to set something up with one of
the operators of the three facilities. He only asks that we keep him
informed of what we do: 503-829-7550.
One of the facilities is owned by Black Butte Ranch, so
we're waiting for a call back from Dale Larson (541-595-1287) to find
out if they have phone access up there. If that is not an option,
then maybe there is a site on Black Butte Ranch at which they could
give us power and a phone hookup and access for an outside antenna.
The other two facilities are owned by cellular phone companies, so
they could be possibilities but would be harder to work with.
Cell-phone modem:
Gordon has generously taken the lead on this so far. He's talked with
Mary, and Mary is getting details from Verizon for us. We'd need
another cell phone to dedicate to this site, a data kit for that
phone, and activation for the data service. We expect we'll need to
scale back the amount of data to in light of the 9600 baud rate.
Profiler Processing
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I installed Cory's latest NIMA CD, Research Version 2.2. We've run it
successfully on both the 3-beam and 5-beam modes Bill has been
experimenting with. NIMA does not handle mode changes, so we had to learn
to use the -start option to skip past the initial fluctuations in modes
when Bill first started setting up POP.
The serial moments from POP and being ingested on the Sun and SOAP is
generating plots successfully. The ingestor (popserial) has been
upgraded at this site; this version keeps track of the maximum number
of heights seen and fills a single file with space for maximum heights
rather than writing a new file for every height change. This
drastically cuts down the load on zebra and SOAP caused by accessing
lots of small files containing only a few moments profiles each.
Soundings
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Lou is working on a sounding test flight.
A link to the raw class file directory (/data_source/class) has been
added to the data transfer "staging" directory (/data_source/send) so
that D* GLASS files will be included in the data transfer back to ATD,
if we ever get internet access. SPOL wants the D files for input into
the particle type program.
Surface
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Surface sensors have all been setup and everything appears to be
operating, ingesting, and displaying correctly.
- 2: SOUNDING, Site Black Butte, Tue 27-Jun-2000 13:01:25 GMT, Sounding Launch Log Template
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