Typhoon Fanapi - 2010/09/16 0000 UTC

Flight route of DOTSTAR

The flight route of DOTSTAR

Storm symbol in black: Location of the storm center at 2010/09/16 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.TIMELongitudeLatitudeDISTWDWSMBLWL150
12010/09/15 21:25:45124.024.95400524.43.84.0
22010/09/15 21:50:48125.822.82470379.58.48.4
32010/09/15 22:07:02125.321.124034913.710.310.7
42010/09/15 22:13:22125.920.1225------------
52010/09/15 22:31:01127.319.9165242---12.4---
62010/09/15 22:44:31128.919.9209210---14.713.4
72010/09/15 22:55:00129.521.4192------------
82010/09/15 23:13:39129.422.924712512.814.513.1
92010/09/15 23:17:21129.423.4287130---11.410.3
102010/09/15 23:33:13127.923.928011810.710.39.3
112010/09/15 23:44:26128.324.93951134.45.54.1
122010/09/16 00:02:10126.525.04180426.75.04.6
132010/09/16 00:17:51127.026.55700782.51.72.1
142010/09/16 00:36:48127.328.37663178.06.97.2
152010/09/16 00:57:04128.829.89363454.64.33.9
162010/09/16 01:14:26126.929.99440485.04.54.3
172010/09/16 01:32:01125.028.8861011---5.35.5
182010/09/16 01:46:16124.827.16943146.84.75.7
192010/09/16 01:57:46124.426.06073584.54.04.0

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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