Typhoon Sinlaku - 2008/09/10 0000 UTC
Flight route of DOTSTAR
Storm symbol in black: Location of the storm center at 2008/09/10 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 | 2008/09/09 21:55:04 | 120.7 | 21.1 | 442 | 012 | --- | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| 2 | 2008/09/09 22:09:27 | 122.1 | 20.3 | 273 | 027 | --- | 12.1 | 9.8 |
| 3 | 2008/09/09 22:21:31 | 123.4 | 19.7 | 127 | 343 | --- | 15.9 | 14.9 |
| 4 | 2008/09/09 22:33:50 | 123.0 | 18.4 | 220 | 278 | --- | 11.9 | 10.3 |
| 5 | 2008/09/09 22:46:41 | 124.0 | 17.4 | 263 | 236 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 11.0 |
| 6 | 2008/09/09 23:00:58 | 124.0 | 15.8 | 440 | 215 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 12.2 |
| 7 | 2008/09/09 23:15:46 | 125.6 | 15.8 | 452 | 199 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 11.4 |
| 8 | 2008/09/09 23:29:21 | 125.7 | 17.1 | 320 | 198 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 10.9 |
| 9 | 2008/09/09 23:41:15 | 126.6 | 18.1 | 287 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10 | 2008/09/09 23:53:43 | 126.8 | 19.5 | 242 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11 | 2008/09/10 00:04:27 | 125.8 | 20.8 | 175 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12 | 2008/09/10 00:10:25 | 125.5 | 20.9 | 160 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13 | 2008/09/10 00:20:49 | 124.4 | 21.4 | 176 | 076 | --- | 20.6 | 18.9 |
| 14 | 2008/09/10 00:29:33 | 123.5 | 21.8 | 242 | 059 | 18.0 | 17.9 | 16.6 |
| 15 | 2008/09/10 00:49:09 | 125.4 | 22.6 | 319 | 102 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 15.5 |
| 16 | 2008/09/10 01:06:34 | 127.5 | 23.6 | 518 | 114 | --- | 8.3 | 7.5 |
| 17 | 2008/09/10 01:07:20 | 127.1 | 24.1 | 542 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18 | 2008/09/10 01:27:37 | 125.8 | 25.2 | 605 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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.
CWA QPESUMS Image
(925 hPa wind, one full barb = 10 m/s)
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