The story of the HMS Soltis – the red balloon
8/8 cloud cover as fog was present. Rained for an hour before the start of the launch. Began to clear a bit. Light rain began during descent. The sonde died halfway down the descent. Temperature and dewpoint are both more isothermal than is normal for noon.
Filed under Uncategorized Posted on July 21st 2011
Rain was occurring during the launch. Cloud cover was 8/8, though beginning to clear. Inversion to 30m then isothermal. Dewpoint had no inversion and was just isothermal. A nocturnal inversion is present in the temperatures. Dewpoint is isothermal.
Filed under Uncategorized Posted on July 20th 2011
Brief period of rain occurred in between this launch and the last. Dense fog covered the area for several hours but has now begun to lift. Fog thickened toward the end of the launch. Wind was 0 kts. Isothermal temperatures to 20m before a small inversion and then more cooling with height. Dewpoint was isothermal.
Filed under Uncategorized Posted on July 20th 2011
Twenty minutes before launching heavy rain occurred and lasted thirty minutes. The surface layer had visible steam prior to launch. The sky remained overcast before and after launching. Winds at the surface were from the Northeast at 1 kt. Winds were variable aloft. Sounding showed cooling with height near the surface but then a slight [...]
Filed under Uncategorized Posted on July 5th 2011