Typhoon Saola - 2012/07/30 1200 UTC

Flight route of DOTSTAR

The flight route of DOTSTAR

Storm symbol in black: Location of the storm center at 2012/07/30 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
12012/07/30 10:56:14122.823.4357031---15.512.7
22012/07/30 11:12:57122.121.7264012---13.713.4
32012/07/30 11:22:33122.921.1153004---15.912.8
42012/07/30 11:33:00123.019.9151330---16.514.9
52012/07/30 11:43:29123.819.2161------------
62012/07/30 11:53:21124.918.920523819.518.117.2
72012/07/30 12:03:21125.719.719019617.414.714.1
82012/07/30 12:12:26126.420.5229153---10.79.7
92012/07/30 12:25:22125.321.616110119.117.416.1
102012/07/30 12:35:37124.522.3191062---18.016.8
112012/07/30 12:47:29124.323.6330068---15.816.4
122012/07/30 12:54:58124.824.4423068---17.314.9

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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