Typhoon Muifa - 2011/08/03 0000 UTC

Flight route of DOTSTAR

The flight route of DOTSTAR

Storm symbol in black: Location of the storm center at 2011/08/03 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
12011/08/02 22:07:15124.622.8843354---6.06.0
22011/08/02 22:25:17126.622.3659330---6.35.4
32011/08/02 22:37:22128.522.248132011.19.99.1
42011/08/02 22:54:56130.122.632230915.615.613.9
52011/08/02 23:07:06131.221.8302------------
62011/08/02 23:19:00132.721.6284------19.6---
72011/08/02 23:31:05133.922.4239203---23.418.8
82011/08/02 23:44:42134.323.9174144---28.824.2
92011/08/02 23:57:43133.925.3178094---30.225.4
102011/08/03 00:05:27132.526.0205056---25.022.5
112011/08/03 00:19:30130.825.7243023---19.918.6
122011/08/03 00:37:33129.924.4275347---18.317.3
132011/08/03 00:52:27127.524.1518351---9.38.7
142011/08/03 01:15:38125.525.0723055---6.66.2

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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