Typhoon Parma - 2009/10/03 1200 UTC

Flight route of DOTSTAR

The flight route of DOTSTAR

Storm symbol in black: Location of the storm center at 2009/10/03 1200 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
12009/10/03 09:47:12118.921.850901215.713.213.1
22009/10/03 10:02:55120.521.3377270---------
32009/10/03 10:06:25120.821.4381043---18.018.4
42009/10/03 10:16:03121.921.7402026---17.316.4
52009/10/03 10:31:28123.621.239308511.011.210.3
62009/10/03 10:49:17125.421.5532119---9.99.2
72009/10/03 11:09:26123.822.855905512.59.99.8
82009/10/03 11:12:19124.122.85750598.98.78.6
92009/10/03 11:23:13125.423.16721017.06.05.8
102009/10/03 11:40:52125.925.0879050---10.910.4
112009/10/03 11:56:30124.526.3950------------
122009/10/03 12:14:52123.425.178703714.512.712.2
132009/10/03 12:18:10123.325.380405810.811.911.4
142009/10/03 12:38:11122.626.593105510.09.69.4

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.

CWB QPESUMS Image

CWB QPESUMS Image

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

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