Typhoon Saomai - 2006/08/09 0000 UTC
Flight route of DOTSTAR
Storm symbol in black: Location of the storm center at 2006/08/09 0000 UTC.
Storm symbol in green: Location of the storm center as the first dropwindsonde reached the surface.
Storm symbol in blue: Location of the storm center as the last dropwindsonde reached the surface.
Wind vector at each pressure level
Dropwindsonde information and the estimated surface wind speed
| NO. | TIME | Longitude | Latitude | DIST | WD | WS | MBL | WL150 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2006/08/08 22:04:55 | 124.9 | 24.6 | 434 | 032 | 5.7 | 7.4 | 5.8 |
| 2 | 2006/08/08 22:22:31 | 125.1 | 23.0 | 401 | 340 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 3 | 2006/08/08 22:39:55 | 126.4 | 21.9 | 323 | 282 | --- | 6.3 | 6.0 |
| 4 | 2006/08/08 22:58:44 | 128.4 | 21.5 | 253 | 263 | --- | 9.1 | 7.8 |
| 5 | 2006/08/08 23:15:45 | 130.2 | 22.3 | 225 | 193 | --- | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| 6 | 2006/08/08 23:34:38 | 131.0 | 24.2 | 245 | 140 | 16.4 | 15.1 | 13.4 |
| 7 | 2006/08/08 23:47:54 | 131.0 | 25.7 | 320 | 123 | --- | 14.5 | 12.6 |
| 8 | 2006/08/09 00:05:04 | 132.8 | 26.6 | 527 | 111 | --- | 8.5 | 8.3 |
| 9 | 2006/08/09 00:21:00 | 132.1 | 28.1 | 591 | 097 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 6.5 |
| 10 | 2006/08/09 00:38:34 | 130.3 | 27.3 | 419 | 094 | 11.2 | 9.8 | 9.3 |
| 11 | 2006/08/09 00:58:00 | 130.1 | 29.3 | 615 | 090 | --- | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 12 | 2006/08/09 01:18:41 | 127.6 | 29.4 | 594 | 074 | --- | 9.3 | 8.7 |
| 13 | 2006/08/09 01:38:07 | 125.3 | 28.5 | 557 | 063 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 8.8 |
| 14 | 2006/08/09 01:55:53 | 126.9 | 27.6 | 396 | 057 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 8.8 |
| 15 | 2006/08/09 02:12:16 | 125.4 | 26.5 | 354 | 048 | --- | 10.8 | 9.8 |
TIME: Time when dropwindsondes reached the surface. (UTC)
DIST: The distance form each dropwindsonde to the corresponded storm center. (km)
WD: Surface wind direction. (degree)
Surface wind speed: (unit : m/s)
(1) WS: Surface wind speed (at a height of 10 meters) directly from the dropwindsondes.
(2) MBL (Franklin 2003): Averaging the dropwindsonde wind speed over the 0~500 m layer, multiplied by 0.80.
(3) WL150 (Franklin 2003): Averaging the dropwindsonde wind speed over the 0~150 m layer, divided by 1.229.
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