WVSS-II Validation Louisville (WVL)
UW-CIMSS AERIBago
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      Date: 18 June 2005 CST (Friday) 0000 - 1200 UTC
      Location: Kentucky Air National Guard at SDF Airport
      Operators: M. Richards and T. Wagner
      http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/wvssii/

      Weather Conditions:

Cool, yet winder than in recent days.  Thin stratocumulus deck became
full stratus deck as night went on.

      Instrument Status:

*  AERIBago - Circuit breaker was tripped at power source, causing air
conditioning units in the AERIbago to temporarily stop working.  The
problem was soon fixed.
*  Surface station - working and archiving
*  Ceilometer - working and archiving
*  GPS system - Upon closer inspection, the GPS unit has not been
archiving.  This will be rectified by the time the next round of
balloon launches begins.
*  AERI - archiving properly.
*  Radiosonde system is working and archiving

2 launches were completed today

0240 UTC  Launch normal, data good
0745 UTC  Due to a changed flight schedule by UPS for Friday
nights/Saturday mornings, the operators in association with Randy Baker
of UPS meteorology, decided to delay the standard 0645 UTC launch by
one hour to better line up with UPS operations.

Due to a lack of WVSS-equipped aircraft, the final launch was never
attempted.

Science Discussion:

Image 1: 0245 UTC UW-CIMSS radiosonde and closest WVSS-II instrumentation (FSL Tail 286).  Nicely captures the thin vertical
dry layer at 720 mb.

Cheers,

Wayne