Typhoon Soudelor - 2015/08/06 1200 UTC

Flight route of DOTSTAR

The flight route of DOTSTAR

Storm symbol in black: Location of the storm center at 2015/08/06 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
12015/08/06 09:53:40122.221.7653007---11.810.8
22015/08/06 10:09:35124.021.3464------14.8---
32015/08/06 10:24:15125.621.0288346---19.216.7
42015/08/06 10:36:04126.019.828530419.819.017.0
52015/08/06 10:48:01127.118.9275277---19.9---
62015/08/06 11:00:16128.418.2318230---20.819.1
72015/08/06 11:11:50129.618.9286224---22.620.7
82015/08/06 11:28:39129.921.0178------------
92015/08/06 11:42:03131.022.0311115---23.620.8
102015/08/06 11:52:54130.523.234210019.622.219.3
112015/08/06 12:03:19129.223.0242084---27.823.9
122015/08/06 12:14:17127.823.3246057---24.523.4
132015/08/06 12:24:09126.423.026603226.524.522.0
142015/08/06 12:35:35125.222.3316005---20.419.0
152015/08/06 12:49:16124.623.744003019.417.116.2
162015/08/06 13:01:04124.024.9569062---13.313.3

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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