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Typhoon Talim - 2017/09/12 1200 UTC

Flight route of DOTSTAR

The flight route of DOTSTAR

Storm symbol in black: Location of the storm center at 2017/09/12 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
12017/09/12 10:11:05125.726.0434034---11.410.6
22017/09/12 10:27:32127.726.036306514.113.613.1
32017/09/12 10:41:27129.526.2409091---12.111.1
42017/09/12 10:55:20131.325.9486119---9.38.5
52017/09/12 11:07:43131.424.5406126---16.016.3
62017/09/12 11:13:45131.423.7378149---16.013.8
72017/09/12 11:26:50130.324.5309------------
82017/09/12 11:39:22129.025.431308615.815.914.6
92017/09/12 11:49:48127.725.832106216.815.015.0
102017/09/12 12:02:31126.225.6337049---14.414.3
112017/09/12 12:16:54125.024.3308014---13.213.3
122017/09/12 12:29:00124.123.1364027---10.89.3
132017/09/12 12:36:55123.422.4432033---8.58.1
142017/09/12 12:45:13122.821.65170457.36.36.2

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.

CWB QPESUMS Image

CWB QPESUMS Image

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

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