Typhoon Hagupit - 2008/09/22 0000 UTC

Flight route of DOTSTAR

The flight route of DOTSTAR

Storm symbol in black: Location of the storm center at 2008/09/22 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
12008/09/21 21:43:48122.823.653104810.69.08.2
22008/09/21 21:47:24122.923.349505311.812.011.0
32008/09/21 21:58:13123.422.3371------------
42008/09/21 22:10:49123.821.0225048---19.916.4
52008/09/21 22:23:18122.520.2193020---24.922.9
62008/09/21 22:30:19122.319.4164------------
72008/09/21 22:37:10122.218.6168302---21.712.7
82008/09/21 22:49:47123.317.6166230---23.122.5
92008/09/21 23:03:50125.017.422717917.418.917.3
102008/09/21 23:17:58126.216.340919318.415.714.9
112008/09/21 23:30:30127.417.344520011.211.710.4
122008/09/21 23:48:27126.018.7273------15.8---
132008/09/21 23:54:21126.519.1319146---18.417.1
142008/09/22 00:06:46127.719.9463127---15.614.5
152008/09/22 00:27:12125.620.428612320.719.318.9
162008/09/22 00:42:05125.921.9419104---15.814.2
172008/09/22 00:55:18127.422.054812412.412.411.4
182008/09/22 01:15:25129.722.4772124---11.59.8
192008/09/22 01:19:10129.422.7761137---13.811.2
202008/09/22 01:36:04128.024.0740102---11.19.0
212008/09/22 01:53:09126.024.0614------13.3---
222008/09/22 02:08:44125.125.4726090---9.58.8

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.

CWA QPESUMS Image

CWB QPESUMS Image

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

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