Typhoon Sinlaku - 2008/09/11 0000 UTC

Flight route of DOTSTAR

The flight route of DOTSTAR

Storm symbol in black: Location of the storm center at 2008/09/11 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.TIMELongitudeLatitudeDISTWDWSMBLWL150
12008/09/10 21:16:22122.824.0388052---9.49.5
22008/09/10 21:27:58123.222.9261041---------
32008/09/10 21:40:12122.321.925301720.518.217.3
42008/09/10 21:56:44122.320.1245308---16.514.6
52008/09/10 22:09:40123.318.9256266---18.716.6
62008/09/10 22:22:40123.117.3429236---7.06.0
72008/09/10 22:33:39122.916.1563237---8.28.4
82008/09/10 22:53:16125.015.9563226---10.510.0
92008/09/10 23:07:31125.217.539021913.812.312.1
102008/09/10 23:25:22125.718.826921616.717.415.5
112008/09/10 23:36:19126.818.0405207---12.812.1
122008/09/10 23:50:26127.916.6599190---10.610.1
132008/09/11 00:09:43129.218.0586------10.0---
142008/09/11 00:25:24128.019.2408178---12.19.2
152008/09/11 00:39:36126.720.124017617.719.416.4
162008/09/11 00:56:16126.422.121609725.222.922.3
172008/09/11 01:11:21125.223.3253073---18.616.8
182008/09/11 01:26:14125.924.9442095---13.512.7
192008/09/11 01:41:51125.526.66160838.46.66.7

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

CWB QPESUMS Image

(925 hPa wind, one full barb = 10 m/s)

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