Typhoon Sinlaku - 2008/09/16 0000 UTC
Flight route of DOTSTAR
Storm symbol in black: Location of the storm center at 2008/09/16 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 | 2008/09/15 22:29:28 | 122.9 | 24.4 | 294 | 127 | --- | 2.8 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 2008/09/15 22:44:53 | 122.8 | 25.9 | 148 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 3 | 2008/09/15 22:50:08 | 123.4 | 26.0 | 110 | 253 | --- | 13.8 | 13.7 |
| 4 | 2008/09/15 22:59:21 | 124.5 | 25.9 | 136 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 5 | 2008/09/15 23:14:33 | 126.0 | 26.9 | 218 | 177 | --- | 14.8 | 14.3 |
| 6 | 2008/09/15 23:18:49 | 126.2 | 26.7 | 238 | 175 | --- | 12.5 | 11.4 |
| 7 | 2008/09/15 23:32:19 | 126.3 | 25.1 | 318 | 187 | --- | 11.9 | 11.3 |
| 8 | 2008/09/15 23:47:22 | 127.5 | 23.7 | 510 | 194 | --- | 7.9 | 7.4 |
| 9 | 2008/09/16 00:04:29 | 127.5 | 21.6 | 693 | 168 | --- | 5.4 | 4.8 |
| 10 | 2008/09/16 00:08:59 | 127.4 | 21.4 | 706 | 178 | --- | 6.1 | 6.2 |
| 11 | 2008/09/16 00:29:57 | 125.4 | 22.9 | 469 | 190 | --- | 11.6 | 10.4 |
| 12 | 2008/09/16 00:45:04 | 124.7 | 21.5 | 605 | 196 | --- | 8.6 | 8.0 |
| 13 | 2008/09/16 01:02:02 | 123.2 | 22.4 | 506 | 211 | --- | 13.1 | 11.6 |
| 14 | 2008/09/16 01:11:19 | 121.9 | 21.4 | 645 | 233 | --- | 9.7 | 8.7 |
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
(925 hPa wind, one full barb = 10 m/s)
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