Daily report from Sipora on December 24, 2011

Dear all,

Good morning..

This is daily report from Sipora on December 24, 2011.

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 UTC                                      00                    03                    06                    09                    12                    15                    18                    21

Observ. Members               Iyan, Jeni       Hmd, Riris      Hmd, Riris      Hmd, Riris      Hmd, Riris     Wu, Su           Wu, Su          Wu, Su

Sonde released (LT)           06:30               09:30               12:30               15:30                18:30              21:30                00:30               03:30

Observ. End time (LT)        08:01              10:45                13:35               16:32                19:35             22:43                 01:39                03:35                    

Flight Direction                   SE                    S                      S                     SE                     SE                  SE                    SE                    SE

Max. elevation (km)           18.725             22.706              19.142             19.685               19.153            21.027             21.443              19.285
Weather condition            drizzle              slight rain       rain                  slight rain        cloudy          clear                clear                 Clear
Cloud amount                      8/8                   7/8 (Cu, Cs,    8/8                   8/8                     7/8  (As,      2/8 (As)                                                

    Ac, Ci)            (Sc, As)          (As, Ac)            Ac, Cu)            

                            

Pressure (hPa)                   1005.8               1007.2              1007.0             1004.4               1005.1             1007.6          1007.6               1005.8

Temperature (^oC)               25.3                   27.0                  24.9                 26.9                   25.8                 262               263                   264

Relative humidity (%)       87                       81                     84                   77                      79                     76                78                      77

Surf. Wind dir. (deg)         38                       21                     347                 306                    326                   347              277                    33

Surf. Wind Speed (m/s)    1.3                     1.4                     1.0                   0.4                     0.9                   0.1               0.5                     2.7

Comments:

00 UTC  >             Killer time worked (90 minutes) à manual stop. Ascent rate 204.7 m/minute). Strong northerly to westerly was observed near surface.

09 UTC >              caused no GPS satellites could be detected, changed transmitter. After released balloon, Hamada-san team changed molecular sieves.

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Best regards,

susi