WVSS-II Validation Experiment, Louisville, KY
UW-CIMSS AERIbago

9 November 2006, 0000 UTC - 12000 UTC
Location:  Kentucky Air National Guar at KSDF
Operators:  K. Bedka, T. Wagner
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/wvssii/

Weather conditions:

Clear, cool, and humid.  Air temperatures dropping from the low 50s to upper 40s.  High surface dewpoints resulted in heavy dew and visibilities reduced to about 3 statute miles. Shallow persistent inversion immediately above surface.  Winds were light and from the south.

Instrument status:

AERIbago:  All systems operating normally.
Radiosonde:  Operating and archiving.

3 radiosonde launches completed today:

0348 UTC Balloon popped above 100 mb; sounding terminated.
0718 UTC Balloon popped above 100 mb; sounding terminated.
1047 UTC  Sounding manually terminated at 150 mb.

All three launches moved from original scheduled times (0340, 0710, 1030) to accommodate needs of UPS and Air Traffic Control.

Science/Miscellaneous:

Sonde data should be viewable via the NOAA ESRL (formerly FSL) ACARS data viewer.   

UW-CIMSS WVSS-II web site:
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/wvssii/

AERIBago contact number: 608-219-0565

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