Daily report from Sipora on December 27, 2011

Dear all,

This is daily report from Sipora on December 27, 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)        07:58              10:32                13:30                16:57               19:35              22:37                01:26              04:35                      

Flight Direction                   SE                   S                       S                      SE                    S                    S                       SE                   S

Max. elevation (km)           21.914             20.736              19.693              22.711              18.773           16.761               18.381            19.846

Weather condition             Rain               slight rain         cloudy,           rain                 cloudy           heavy             cloudy            rainfall,

                                                                                                slight rain                                                      rainfall,                                   overcast

                                                                                                                                                                        overcast

Cloud amount                      8/8                    8/8                    6/8 (Cu)         8/8                    7/8                8/8                          8/8               8/8
                                                                        (As7, Sc1)                              (As, Sc)           (Sc1, Sc2,
                                                                                                                                                  As3, Ci1)
                                                                                                                                       

Pressure (hPa)                   1009.2                 1010.4              1009.3            1007.1              1008.2           1010.8              1010.6             1009.4

Temperature (^oC)              23.3                     25.6                   28.9                24.4                  27.1               25.2                  25.7                 23.6

Relative humidity (%)       88                       80                      70                   87                     78                   90                     87                   90

Surf. Wind dir. (deg)         173                     356                    10                   275                   27                   12                     342                 310

Surf. Wind Speed (m/s)    1.2                      1.7                     1.7                  1.7                    1.0                   0.5                    0.9                  0.0

Comments:

12 UTC  >             Rain started at 18: 45. Cloud comes from northwest.

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Best regards,

susi