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The red dots indicate position reposts received on 11/09. The black dots indicate reports before then. The numbered icons indicate a report in the past hour and the number indicates the altitude of that report. A track ending without a numbered icon indicates that nothing has been heard from that balloon on this UTC today, i.e. in the past hour. Flight Status (1954 UTC 09-NOV-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 10-Nov-2008 More Information:Here are more WISDOM balloon tracks with a closer view and with no weather information: Florida http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_FL1.JPG Mississippi http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_MS1.JPG Puerto Rico and Barbados http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_PR1.JPG Flight Status (1934 UTC 09-NOV-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 10-Nov-2008 More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_paloma7.JPG shows the southern part of the WISDOM deployment area and http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_paloma8.JPG shows the northern part of the WISDOM balloon tracks as of 1900 UTC Sunday 11/09. The background is a satellite IR image from one hour earlier. A more complete report may be posted later this evening. Flight Status (1405 UTC 09-NOV-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 10-Nov-2008 More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_paloma6.JPG shows the WISDOM balloon tracks as of 1400 UTC on Sunday 11/09 with a satellite IR image of Hurricane Paloma taken two hours earlier. Flight Status (0115 UTC 09-NOV-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 09-Nov-2008 More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_paloma5.JPG shows the WISDOM balloon tracks as of 0100 UTC on 11/08 (Saturday evening) with a satellite IR image of Hurricane Paloma taken at 2100 UTC 11/08 or 4 hours earlier. Recall that red dots indicate a report from yesterday, black dots reports from earlier days and numbered icons are reports from today which is within the past hour. The numbers indicate altitude in 3K feet slices. So, 4 is 12K to 15K feet and 8 is 24k to 27K feet. Flight Status (2130 UTC 08-NOV-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 09-Nov-2008 More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_paloma4.JPG shows the WISDOM balloon tracks as of 2100 UTC on Saturday 11/08 with a satellite IR image of Hurricane Paloma taken at 1800 UTC. Flight Status (1914 UTC 08-NOV-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 09-Nov-2008 More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/WISDOMalt1.gif shows the reported altitudes of all the WISDOM balloons that have been launched prior to 1800 UTC on Saturday 11/08. Flight Status (1820 UTC 08-NOV-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 09-Nov-2008 More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_paloma3.JPG shows the WISDOM balloon tracks up to 1800 UTC on Saturday. Balloons are being launched from all four launch sites. The image also shows a satellite image of Hurricane Paloma as of 1500 UTC. Flight Status (1431 UTC 08-NOV-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 09-Nov-2008 More Information:WISDOM balloons have been launched from Barbados, Puerto Rico and Mississippi as of about 1410 UTC on Saturday 11/08. http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_paloma2.JPG shows the balloon tracks and Hurricane Paloma. Note the well formed eye of the hurricane as of 1200 UTC. Flight Status (0417 UTC 08-NOV-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 08-Nov-2008 Seven balloons were launched from Puerto Rico today by Tom Ayers. One payload was not launched because no response from it was received on the internet even though it was turned on for over 2 hours. Here is the status of the 7 balloons that were launched where: the ID, launch day, launch time, day of last report, time of last report and altitude at last report are shown. W000013 11/07 18:13 11/08 02:14 12181 W000015 11/07 18:14 11/08 02:14 26502 W000034 11/07 16:02 11/07 21:32 12431 W000037 11/07 15:48 11/08 02:18 26719 W000038 11/07 20:47 11/08 02:03 near 0 W000054 11/07 14:06 11/08 02:21 26850 W000055 11/07 14:06 11/08 02:21 12335 More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081107PR4.JPG shows a map of the tracks. Recall that a red dot means a report from 11/07 and a numbered icon shows a report from 11/08 and the number is indicative of altitude. http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/WISDOMaltPR2.gif shows altitude of the balloons in time after the first launch. Note that W000034 appeared to suddenly stop transmitting position. Tom reported that W000038 was launched just as wind and weather were changing and rain started. On the map, the black 0 is from this balloon which appears to have been brought down by rain and is currently near the ground transmitting intermittently. Flight Status (2014 UTC 07-NOV-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 07-Nov-2008 WISDOM balloons will be launched from Key Largo, FL and Barbados later this afternoon, and from Waveland, MS soon after the frontal passage later this evening.More Information:WISDOM balloon tracks continue southward from Puerto Rico as shown at http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081107PR2.JPG . A view of these tracks and hurricane Paloma is shown at http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_paloma1.JPG . Flight Status (1741 UTC 07-NOV-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 07-Nov-2008 Tom Ayers has started launching WISDOM Balloons from Puerto Rico and has launched 4 so far on Friday. All 4 seem to be functioning as expected. Here is balloon ID; launch site; launch day; first report after launch; altitude in feet at last report. W000055 PR 11/07 14:06 12696 W000054 PR 11/07 14:51 26784 W000034 PR 11/07 16:47 6594 W000037 PR 11/07 17:03 4022 More Information:Image located at http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081107PR1.JPG . The lower level trajectory seems to be to the SW toward the tropical storm Paloma and the upper level trajectory seems to be to the SE as shown in the attachment. Recall that the numbers in the icons indicate which 3K foot slice of the atmosphere the balloon reported from. So, 4 indicates 12K to 15K feet and 8 indicates 24K to 27K feet. Test flight status (1200 UTC 31-OCT-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 31-Oct-2008 Only one WISDOM balloon has been heard from today or yesterday as of 12:00 UTC on Halloween. W000156 is still flying and is currently over Saudi Arabia and near design altitude. It has been over more than half of the continents! W000039 MS 10/18 14:18 10/18 14:33 4045 W000046 PR 10/18 13:49 10/18 14:34 9648 W000047 PR 10/17 20:50 10/18 12:49 10462 W000092 BB 10/18 10:57 10/18 20:12 5055 W000093 FL 10/18 16:42 10/22 11:57 27664 W000096 MS 10/18 19:43 10/23 11:28 7142 W000102 FL 10/18 15:44 10/19 01:59 2627 W000108 MS 10/18 13:30 10/21 11:45 21194 W000111 BB 10/18 16:30 10/29 03:30 26309 W000112 PR 10/18 17:15 10/19 02:01 777 W000113 PR 10/17 21:46 10/21 11:45 26496 W000114 PR 10/18 20:16 10/22 12:01 25479 W000119 FL 10/18 22:32 10/19 02:02 8021 W000155 MS 10/18 18:23 10/23 09:08 15282 W000156 FL 10/18 21:23 10/31 11:38 27349 W000157 BB 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:23 6545 W000158 BB 10/18 23:50 10/20 10:53 6742 W000160 MS 10/18 21:53 10/25 05:38 20022 W000162 PR 10/18 14:39 10/23 12:09 27414More Information:The track since 10/26 is shown at http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017p.JPG . Test flight status (1306 UTC 29-OCT-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 29-Oct-2008 Only one WISDOM balloon has been heard from today as of 12:00 UTC. W000111 reported about 9 hours ago. It was near the design altitude then. W000039 MS 10/18 14:18 10/18 14:33 4045 W000046 PR 10/18 13:49 10/18 14:34 9648 W000047 PR 10/17 20:50 10/18 12:49 10462 W000092 BB 10/18 10:57 10/18 20:12 5055 W000093 FL 10/18 16:42 10/22 11:57 27664 W000096 MS 10/18 19:43 10/23 11:28 7142 W000102 FL 10/18 15:44 10/19 01:59 2627 W000108 MS 10/18 13:30 10/21 11:45 21194 W000111 BB 10/18 16:30 10/29 03:30 26309 W000112 PR 10/18 17:15 10/19 02:01 777 W000113 PR 10/17 21:46 10/21 11:45 26496 W000114 PR 10/18 20:16 10/22 12:01 25479 W000119 FL 10/18 22:32 10/19 02:02 8021 W000155 MS 10/18 18:23 10/23 09:08 15282 W000156 FL 10/18 21:23 10/28 12:38 27296 W000157 BB 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:23 6545 W000158 BB 10/18 23:50 10/20 10:53 6742 W000160 MS 10/18 21:53 10/25 05:38 20022 W000162 PR 10/18 14:39 10/23 12:09 27414More Information:The trajectories over the past 11 days are shown at http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017o.JPG . The positioning on this large scale map is not exact, but it is close. As before, todays positions are shown by a numbered icon and the number indicates the altitude. For yesterday, the positions are shown by red dots and any position before yesterday is shown by a black dot. The timing for Sunday is not correct in many of the reports, but there are enough reports with reasonable lat/lon to get a good idea of the trajectory. The map background is a satellite IR image taken about 6 hours ago. Test flight status (1645 UTC 28-OCT-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 29-Oct-2008 The WISDOM data stream has been restored with proper date/time values. The present status of the balloons is given in the table below: Based on the data being received, it appears that W000111 and W000156 are still functioning and near the design altitudes. W000039 MS 10/18 14:18 10/18 14:33 4045 W000046 PR 10/18 13:49 10/18 14:34 9648 W000047 PR 10/17 20:50 10/18 12:49 10462 W000092 BB 10/18 10:57 10/18 20:12 5055 W000093 FL 10/18 16:42 10/22 11:57 27664 W000096 MS 10/18 19:43 10/23 11:28 7142 W000102 FL 10/18 15:44 10/19 01:59 2627 W000108 MS 10/18 13:30 10/21 11:45 21194 W000111 BB 10/18 16:30 10/28 13:00 26227 W000112 PR 10/18 17:15 10/19 02:01 777 W000113 PR 10/17 21:46 10/21 11:45 26496 W000114 PR 10/18 20:16 10/22 12:01 25479 W000119 FL 10/18 22:32 10/19 02:02 8021 W000155 MS 10/18 18:23 10/23 09:08 15282 W000156 FL 10/18 21:23 10/28 12:38 27296 W000157 BB 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:23 6545 W000158 BB 10/18 23:50 10/20 10:53 6742 W000160 MS 10/18 21:53 10/25 05:38 20022 W000162 PR 10/18 14:39 10/23 12:09 27414 More Information:The trajectories over the past 10 days are shown at http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017n.JPG . The positioning on this large scale map is not exact, but it is close. As before, todays positions are shown by a numbered icon and the number indicates the altitude. For yesterday, the positions are shown by red dots and any position before yesterday is shown by a black dot. The timing for Sunday is not correct in many of the reports, but there are enough reports with reasonable lat/lon to get a good idea of the trajectory. Test flight data errors Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 26-Oct-2008 The WISDOM data packets being received by NOAA no longer have a data and time associated with them. The date/time designation changed to - "999" yesterday. This makes analysis of the data packets problematic and normal status reports are no longer possible. Based on what has been received in the past day, it seems likely that W000111 has descended and is on the ground somewhere in Central America. W000156 (over the Atlantic Ocean) and W000160 (over Canada) appear to have reported data after W000111 stopped reporting, but their current status is unknown. More Information: Test flight status (0550 UTC 25-OCT-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 26-Oct-2008 The WISDOM data stream stopped last night at about midnight. So, the status as of 05:50 UTC 10/25 is shown here where the balloon ID, launch location, launch date and time, last packet date and time and altitude in feet are shown. W000039 MS 10/18 14:18 10/18 14:33 4045 W000046 PR 10/18 13:49 10/18 14:34 9648 W000047 PR 10/17 20:50 10/18 12:49 10462 W000092 BB 10/18 10:57 10/18 20:12 5055 W000093 FL 10/18 16:42 10/22 11:57 27664 W000096 MS 10/18 19:43 10/23 11:28 7142 W000102 FL 10/18 15:44 10/19 01:59 2627 W000108 MS 10/18 13:30 10/21 11:45 21194 W000111 BB 10/18 16:30 10/25 05:45 7017 W000112 PR 10/18 17:15 10/19 02:01 777 W000113 PR 10/17 21:46 10/21 11:45 26496 W000114 PR 10/18 20:16 10/22 12:01 25479 W000119 FL 10/18 22:32 10/19 02:02 8021 W000155 MS 10/18 18:23 10/23 09:08 15282 W000156 FL 10/18 21:23 10/25 05:38 27001 W000157 BB 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:23 6545 W000158 BB 10/18 23:50 10/20 10:53 6742 W000160 MS 10/18 21:53 10/25 05:38 20022 W000162 PR 10/18 14:39 10/23 12:09 27414 More Information:The image, http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017m.JPG , shows the trajectories over a satellite image taken at 12:00 UTC today. The black dots are from 10/23 and earlier. The red dots are from 10/24 and the numbered squares are from today. The numbers show which 3K ft slice the balloon is in. Zero is 0 to 3K ft, one is 3K to 6K, etc. Test flight status (1250 UTC 24-OCT-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 24-Oct-2008 The status as of 12:50 UTC 10/24 is shown here where the balloon ID, launch location, launch date and time, last packet date and time and altitude in feet are shown. The W000160 balloon ran into some type of precipitation yesterday and descended to below 3,000 feet, but ascended back to its previous altitude. It is now entering Canadian airspace at about 20K feet. W000039 MS 10/18 14:18 10/18 14:33 4045 W000046 PR 10/18 13:49 10/18 14:34 9648 W000047 PR 10/17 20:50 10/18 12:49 10462 W000092 BB 10/18 10:57 10/18 20:12 5055 W000093 FL 10/18 16:42 10/22 11:57 27664 W000096 MS 10/18 19:43 10/23 11:28 7142 W000102 FL 10/18 15:44 10/19 01:59 2627 W000108 MS 10/18 13:30 10/21 11:45 21194 W000111 BB 10/18 16:30 10/24 12:45 26666 W000112 PR 10/18 17:15 10/19 02:01 777 W000113 PR 10/17 21:46 10/21 11:45 26496 W000114 PR 10/18 20:16 10/22 12:01 25479 W000119 FL 10/18 22:32 10/19 02:02 8021 W000155 MS 10/18 18:23 10/23 09:08 15282 W000156 FL 10/18 21:23 10/24 12:38 27135 W000157 BB 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:23 6545 W000158 BB 10/18 23:50 10/20 10:53 6742 W000160 MS 10/18 21:53 10/24 12:38 20213 W000162 PR 10/18 14:39 10/23 12:09 27414More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017k.JPG shows the trajectories over a satellite image taken at 6:00 UTC today. The black dots are from 10/22 and earlier. The red dots are from 10/23 and the numbered squares are from today. The numbers show which 3K ft slice the balloon is in. Zero is 0 to 3K ft, one is 3K to 6K, etc. Test flight status (1210 UTC 23-OCT-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 23-Oct-2008 The status as of 12:10 UTC 10/23 is shown here where the balloon ID, launch location, launch date and time, last packet date and time and altitude in feet are shown. W000039 MS 10/18 14:18 10/18 14:33 4045 W000046 PR 10/18 13:49 10/18 14:34 9648 W000047 PR 10/17 20:50 10/18 12:49 10462 W000092 BB 10/18 10:57 10/18 20:12 5055 W000093 FL 10/18 16:42 10/22 11:57 27664 W000096 MS 10/18 19:43 10/23 11:28 7142 W000102 FL 10/18 15:44 10/19 01:59 2627 W000108 MS 10/18 13:30 10/21 11:45 21194 W000111 BB 10/18 16:30 10/23 12:00 26732 W000112 PR 10/18 17:15 10/19 02:01 777 W000113 PR 10/17 21:46 10/21 11:45 26496 W000114 PR 10/18 20:16 10/22 12:01 25479 W000119 FL 10/18 22:32 10/19 02:02 8021 W000155 MS 10/18 18:23 10/23 09:08 15282 W000156 FL 10/18 21:23 10/23 12:08 27480 W000157 BB 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:23 6545 W000158 BB 10/18 23:50 10/20 10:53 6742 W000160 MS 10/18 21:53 10/23 12:08 4242 W000162 PR 10/18 14:39 10/23 12:09 27414 More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017j.JPG shows the trajectories over a satellite image taken at 6:00 UTC today. The black dots are from 10/21 and earlier. The red dots are from 10/22 and the numbered squares are from today. The numbers show which 3K ft slice the balloon is in. Zero is 0 to 3K ft, one is 3K to 6K, etc. The W000155 and W000160 balloons over Georgia seem to have run into some type of precipitation so I looked those trajectories with higher resolution and that is shown in http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017ga.JPG where the changes in altitude, probably due to rain on the balloon envelope, are apparent. Test flight status (1210 UTC 22-OCT-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 22-Oct-2008 The status as of 12:10 UTC 10/22 is shown here where the balloon ID, launch location, launch date and time, last packet date and time and altitude in feet are shown. W000039 MS 10/18 14:18 10/18 14:33 4045 W000046 PR 10/18 13:49 10/18 14:34 9648 W000047 PR 10/17 20:50 10/18 12:49 10462 W000092 BB 10/18 10:57 10/18 20:12 5055 W000093 FL 10/18 16:42 10/22 11:57 27664 W000096 MS 10/18 19:43 10/22 11:58 7457 W000102 FL 10/18 15:44 10/19 01:59 2627 W000108 MS 10/18 13:30 10/21 11:45 21194 W000111 BB 10/18 16:30 10/22 12:00 26745 W000112 PR 10/18 17:15 10/19 02:01 777 W000113 PR 10/17 21:46 10/21 11:45 26496 W000114 PR 10/18 20:16 10/22 12:01 25479 W000119 FL 10/18 22:32 10/19 02:02 8021 W000155 MS 10/18 18:23 10/22 12:08 22985 W000156 FL 10/18 21:23 10/22 12:08 27637 W000157 BB 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:23 6545 W000158 BB 10/18 23:50 10/20 10:53 6742 W000160 MS 10/18 21:53 10/22 11:53 23221 W000162 PR 10/18 14:39 10/22 11:54 27139 More Information:The image, http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017i.JPG , shows trajectories over a satellite image taken at 6:00 UTC. The black dots are from 10/20 and earlier. The red dots are from 10/20 and the numbered squares are from today. The numbers show which 3K ft slice the balloon is in. Zero is 0 to 3K ft, one is 3K to 6K, etc. Test flight status (0220 UTC 22-OCT-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 22-Oct-2008 Graph showing the altitudes of the WISDOM Balloons launched from the FL Keys available at http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/WISDOMaltFL.gif Tracks for the WISDOM Balloons launched from FL along with the tracks of the other balloons overlayed on satellite image from 00:00 UTC 10/22 is http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017h.JPG . More Information: Test flight status (2220 UTC 21-OCT-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 22-Oct-2008 The last report from W000108 in the center of the image was at 19:30 UTC at 2864 feet altitude.More Information:WISDOM balloon tracks shown on a satellite image taken at 21:00 UTC is viewable at http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017g.JPG . Test flight status (1150 UTC 21-OCT-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 21-Oct-2008 The status as of 11:50 UTC 10/21 is shown here where the balloon ID, launch location, launch date and time, last packet date and time and altitude in feet are shown. Interesting to note that balloons 155 and 160 are only seperated 33 feet in altitude and only 14.7 miles apart on a relative bearing of 181 deg over Mexico. W000039 MS 10/18 14:18 10/18 14:33 4045 W000046 PR 10/18 13:49 10/18 14:34 9648 W000047 PR 10/17 20:50 10/18 12:49 10462 W000092 BB 10/18 10:57 10/18 20:12 5055 W000093 FL 10/18 16:42 10/21 11:42 27440 W000096 MS 10/18 19:43 10/21 11:43 7752 W000102 FL 10/18 15:44 10/19 01:59 2627 W000108 MS 10/18 13:30 10/21 11:45 21194 W000111 BB 10/18 16:30 10/21 11:45 26771 W000112 PR 10/18 17:15 10/19 02:01 777 W000113 PR 10/17 21:46 10/21 11:45 26496 W000114 PR 10/18 20:16 10/21 11:46 26706 W000119 FL 10/18 22:32 10/19 02:02 8021 W000155 MS 10/18 18:23 10/21 11:37 22644 W000156 FL 10/18 21:23 10/21 11:38 27454 W000157 BB 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:23 6545 W000158 BB 10/18 23:50 10/20 10:53 6742 W000160 MS 10/18 21:53 10/21 11:38 22611 W000162 PR 10/18 14:39 10/21 11:39 27217More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017f.JPG shows the trajectories over a satellite image taken at 6:00 UTC. The black dots are from 10/19 and earlier. The red dots are from 10/20 and the numbered squares are from today. The numbers show which 3K ft slice the balloon is in. Zero is 0 to 3K ft, one is 3K to 6K, etc. Test flight status (2355 UTC 20-OCT-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 21-Oct-2008 All of the balloons indicated as active today have been heard from in the past hour except the two low altitude ones launched from Barbados. Those two have not been heard from in over 12 hours.More Information:A plot of the flight trajectories on a satellite image taken at 21:00 UTC can be found at: http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017e.JPG . Test flight status (1233 UTC 20-OCT-08) Posted By: randall.s.collander On: 20-Oct-2008 The status as of 11:55 UTC 10/20 is shown here where the balloon ID, launch location, launch date and time, last packet date and time and altitude are shown. W000039 MS 10/18 14:18 10/18 14:33 4045 W000046 PR 10/18 13:49 10/18 14:34 9648 W000047 PR 10/17 20:50 10/18 12:49 10462 W000092 BB 10/18 10:57 10/18 20:12 5055 W000093 FL 10/18 16:42 10/20 11:42 26994 W000096 MS 10/18 19:43 10/20 11:43 7391 W000102 FL 10/18 15:44 10/19 01:59 2627 W000108 MS 10/18 13:30 10/20 11:45 23510 W000111 BB 10/18 16:30 10/20 11:45 26673 W000112 PR 10/18 17:15 10/19 02:01 777 W000113 PR 10/17 21:46 10/20 11:45 24934 W000114 PR 10/18 20:16 10/20 11:46 26673 W000119 FL 10/18 22:32 10/19 02:02 8021 W000155 MS 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:53 22979 W000156 FL 10/18 21:23 10/20 11:53 27034 W000157 BB 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:23 6545 W000158 BB 10/18 23:50 10/20 10:53 6742 W000160 MS 10/18 21:53 10/20 11:53 22906 W000162 PR 10/18 14:39 10/20 11:54 25721More Information:A plot of the flight trajectories can be found at http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017c.JPG . The black dots are from 10/18 and earlier. The red dots are from 10/19 and the numbered squares are from 10/20. The numbers show which 3K ft slice the balloon is in. Zero is 0 to 3K ft, one is 3K to 6k, etc.
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More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_all.JPG is a map of the WISDOM Balloon tracks as of 01:00 UTC on 11/10 (Sunday evening). The red dots indicate position reposts received on 11/09. The black dots indicate reports before then. The numbered icons indicate a report in the past hour and the number indicates the altitude of that report. A track ending without a numbered icon indicates that nothing has been heard from that balloon on this UTC today, i.e. in the past hour.
More Information:Here are more WISDOM balloon tracks with a closer view and with no weather information: Florida http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_FL1.JPG Mississippi http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_MS1.JPG Puerto Rico and Barbados http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_PR1.JPG
More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_paloma7.JPG shows the southern part of the WISDOM deployment area and http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_paloma8.JPG shows the northern part of the WISDOM balloon tracks as of 1900 UTC Sunday 11/09. The background is a satellite IR image from one hour earlier. A more complete report may be posted later this evening.
More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_paloma6.JPG shows the WISDOM balloon tracks as of 1400 UTC on Sunday 11/09 with a satellite IR image of Hurricane Paloma taken two hours earlier.
More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_paloma5.JPG shows the WISDOM balloon tracks as of 0100 UTC on 11/08 (Saturday evening) with a satellite IR image of Hurricane Paloma taken at 2100 UTC 11/08 or 4 hours earlier. Recall that red dots indicate a report from yesterday, black dots reports from earlier days and numbered icons are reports from today which is within the past hour. The numbers indicate altitude in 3K feet slices. So, 4 is 12K to 15K feet and 8 is 24k to 27K feet.
More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_paloma4.JPG shows the WISDOM balloon tracks as of 2100 UTC on Saturday 11/08 with a satellite IR image of Hurricane Paloma taken at 1800 UTC.
More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/WISDOMalt1.gif shows the reported altitudes of all the WISDOM balloons that have been launched prior to 1800 UTC on Saturday 11/08.
More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_paloma3.JPG shows the WISDOM balloon tracks up to 1800 UTC on Saturday. Balloons are being launched from all four launch sites. The image also shows a satellite image of Hurricane Paloma as of 1500 UTC.
More Information:WISDOM balloons have been launched from Barbados, Puerto Rico and Mississippi as of about 1410 UTC on Saturday 11/08. http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_paloma2.JPG shows the balloon tracks and Hurricane Paloma. Note the well formed eye of the hurricane as of 1200 UTC.
Seven balloons were launched from Puerto Rico today by Tom Ayers. One payload was not launched because no response from it was received on the internet even though it was turned on for over 2 hours. Here is the status of the 7 balloons that were launched where: the ID, launch day, launch time, day of last report, time of last report and altitude at last report are shown. W000013 11/07 18:13 11/08 02:14 12181 W000015 11/07 18:14 11/08 02:14 26502 W000034 11/07 16:02 11/07 21:32 12431 W000037 11/07 15:48 11/08 02:18 26719 W000038 11/07 20:47 11/08 02:03 near 0 W000054 11/07 14:06 11/08 02:21 26850 W000055 11/07 14:06 11/08 02:21 12335 More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081107PR4.JPG shows a map of the tracks. Recall that a red dot means a report from 11/07 and a numbered icon shows a report from 11/08 and the number is indicative of altitude. http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/WISDOMaltPR2.gif shows altitude of the balloons in time after the first launch. Note that W000034 appeared to suddenly stop transmitting position. Tom reported that W000038 was launched just as wind and weather were changing and rain started. On the map, the black 0 is from this balloon which appears to have been brought down by rain and is currently near the ground transmitting intermittently.
WISDOM balloons will be launched from Key Largo, FL and Barbados later this afternoon, and from Waveland, MS soon after the frontal passage later this evening.More Information:WISDOM balloon tracks continue southward from Puerto Rico as shown at http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081107PR2.JPG . A view of these tracks and hurricane Paloma is shown at http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/wisdom_paloma1.JPG .
Tom Ayers has started launching WISDOM Balloons from Puerto Rico and has launched 4 so far on Friday. All 4 seem to be functioning as expected. Here is balloon ID; launch site; launch day; first report after launch; altitude in feet at last report. W000055 PR 11/07 14:06 12696 W000054 PR 11/07 14:51 26784 W000034 PR 11/07 16:47 6594 W000037 PR 11/07 17:03 4022 More Information:Image located at http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081107PR1.JPG . The lower level trajectory seems to be to the SW toward the tropical storm Paloma and the upper level trajectory seems to be to the SE as shown in the attachment. Recall that the numbers in the icons indicate which 3K foot slice of the atmosphere the balloon reported from. So, 4 indicates 12K to 15K feet and 8 indicates 24K to 27K feet.
Only one WISDOM balloon has been heard from today or yesterday as of 12:00 UTC on Halloween. W000156 is still flying and is currently over Saudi Arabia and near design altitude. It has been over more than half of the continents! W000039 MS 10/18 14:18 10/18 14:33 4045 W000046 PR 10/18 13:49 10/18 14:34 9648 W000047 PR 10/17 20:50 10/18 12:49 10462 W000092 BB 10/18 10:57 10/18 20:12 5055 W000093 FL 10/18 16:42 10/22 11:57 27664 W000096 MS 10/18 19:43 10/23 11:28 7142 W000102 FL 10/18 15:44 10/19 01:59 2627 W000108 MS 10/18 13:30 10/21 11:45 21194 W000111 BB 10/18 16:30 10/29 03:30 26309 W000112 PR 10/18 17:15 10/19 02:01 777 W000113 PR 10/17 21:46 10/21 11:45 26496 W000114 PR 10/18 20:16 10/22 12:01 25479 W000119 FL 10/18 22:32 10/19 02:02 8021 W000155 MS 10/18 18:23 10/23 09:08 15282 W000156 FL 10/18 21:23 10/31 11:38 27349 W000157 BB 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:23 6545 W000158 BB 10/18 23:50 10/20 10:53 6742 W000160 MS 10/18 21:53 10/25 05:38 20022 W000162 PR 10/18 14:39 10/23 12:09 27414More Information:The track since 10/26 is shown at http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017p.JPG .
Only one WISDOM balloon has been heard from today as of 12:00 UTC. W000111 reported about 9 hours ago. It was near the design altitude then. W000039 MS 10/18 14:18 10/18 14:33 4045 W000046 PR 10/18 13:49 10/18 14:34 9648 W000047 PR 10/17 20:50 10/18 12:49 10462 W000092 BB 10/18 10:57 10/18 20:12 5055 W000093 FL 10/18 16:42 10/22 11:57 27664 W000096 MS 10/18 19:43 10/23 11:28 7142 W000102 FL 10/18 15:44 10/19 01:59 2627 W000108 MS 10/18 13:30 10/21 11:45 21194 W000111 BB 10/18 16:30 10/29 03:30 26309 W000112 PR 10/18 17:15 10/19 02:01 777 W000113 PR 10/17 21:46 10/21 11:45 26496 W000114 PR 10/18 20:16 10/22 12:01 25479 W000119 FL 10/18 22:32 10/19 02:02 8021 W000155 MS 10/18 18:23 10/23 09:08 15282 W000156 FL 10/18 21:23 10/28 12:38 27296 W000157 BB 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:23 6545 W000158 BB 10/18 23:50 10/20 10:53 6742 W000160 MS 10/18 21:53 10/25 05:38 20022 W000162 PR 10/18 14:39 10/23 12:09 27414More Information:The trajectories over the past 11 days are shown at http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017o.JPG . The positioning on this large scale map is not exact, but it is close. As before, todays positions are shown by a numbered icon and the number indicates the altitude. For yesterday, the positions are shown by red dots and any position before yesterday is shown by a black dot. The timing for Sunday is not correct in many of the reports, but there are enough reports with reasonable lat/lon to get a good idea of the trajectory. The map background is a satellite IR image taken about 6 hours ago.
The WISDOM data stream has been restored with proper date/time values. The present status of the balloons is given in the table below: Based on the data being received, it appears that W000111 and W000156 are still functioning and near the design altitudes. W000039 MS 10/18 14:18 10/18 14:33 4045 W000046 PR 10/18 13:49 10/18 14:34 9648 W000047 PR 10/17 20:50 10/18 12:49 10462 W000092 BB 10/18 10:57 10/18 20:12 5055 W000093 FL 10/18 16:42 10/22 11:57 27664 W000096 MS 10/18 19:43 10/23 11:28 7142 W000102 FL 10/18 15:44 10/19 01:59 2627 W000108 MS 10/18 13:30 10/21 11:45 21194 W000111 BB 10/18 16:30 10/28 13:00 26227 W000112 PR 10/18 17:15 10/19 02:01 777 W000113 PR 10/17 21:46 10/21 11:45 26496 W000114 PR 10/18 20:16 10/22 12:01 25479 W000119 FL 10/18 22:32 10/19 02:02 8021 W000155 MS 10/18 18:23 10/23 09:08 15282 W000156 FL 10/18 21:23 10/28 12:38 27296 W000157 BB 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:23 6545 W000158 BB 10/18 23:50 10/20 10:53 6742 W000160 MS 10/18 21:53 10/25 05:38 20022 W000162 PR 10/18 14:39 10/23 12:09 27414 More Information:The trajectories over the past 10 days are shown at http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017n.JPG . The positioning on this large scale map is not exact, but it is close. As before, todays positions are shown by a numbered icon and the number indicates the altitude. For yesterday, the positions are shown by red dots and any position before yesterday is shown by a black dot. The timing for Sunday is not correct in many of the reports, but there are enough reports with reasonable lat/lon to get a good idea of the trajectory.
The WISDOM data packets being received by NOAA no longer have a data and time associated with them. The date/time designation changed to - "999" yesterday. This makes analysis of the data packets problematic and normal status reports are no longer possible. Based on what has been received in the past day, it seems likely that W000111 has descended and is on the ground somewhere in Central America. W000156 (over the Atlantic Ocean) and W000160 (over Canada) appear to have reported data after W000111 stopped reporting, but their current status is unknown. More Information:
The WISDOM data stream stopped last night at about midnight. So, the status as of 05:50 UTC 10/25 is shown here where the balloon ID, launch location, launch date and time, last packet date and time and altitude in feet are shown. W000039 MS 10/18 14:18 10/18 14:33 4045 W000046 PR 10/18 13:49 10/18 14:34 9648 W000047 PR 10/17 20:50 10/18 12:49 10462 W000092 BB 10/18 10:57 10/18 20:12 5055 W000093 FL 10/18 16:42 10/22 11:57 27664 W000096 MS 10/18 19:43 10/23 11:28 7142 W000102 FL 10/18 15:44 10/19 01:59 2627 W000108 MS 10/18 13:30 10/21 11:45 21194 W000111 BB 10/18 16:30 10/25 05:45 7017 W000112 PR 10/18 17:15 10/19 02:01 777 W000113 PR 10/17 21:46 10/21 11:45 26496 W000114 PR 10/18 20:16 10/22 12:01 25479 W000119 FL 10/18 22:32 10/19 02:02 8021 W000155 MS 10/18 18:23 10/23 09:08 15282 W000156 FL 10/18 21:23 10/25 05:38 27001 W000157 BB 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:23 6545 W000158 BB 10/18 23:50 10/20 10:53 6742 W000160 MS 10/18 21:53 10/25 05:38 20022 W000162 PR 10/18 14:39 10/23 12:09 27414 More Information:The image, http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017m.JPG , shows the trajectories over a satellite image taken at 12:00 UTC today. The black dots are from 10/23 and earlier. The red dots are from 10/24 and the numbered squares are from today. The numbers show which 3K ft slice the balloon is in. Zero is 0 to 3K ft, one is 3K to 6K, etc.
The status as of 12:50 UTC 10/24 is shown here where the balloon ID, launch location, launch date and time, last packet date and time and altitude in feet are shown. The W000160 balloon ran into some type of precipitation yesterday and descended to below 3,000 feet, but ascended back to its previous altitude. It is now entering Canadian airspace at about 20K feet. W000039 MS 10/18 14:18 10/18 14:33 4045 W000046 PR 10/18 13:49 10/18 14:34 9648 W000047 PR 10/17 20:50 10/18 12:49 10462 W000092 BB 10/18 10:57 10/18 20:12 5055 W000093 FL 10/18 16:42 10/22 11:57 27664 W000096 MS 10/18 19:43 10/23 11:28 7142 W000102 FL 10/18 15:44 10/19 01:59 2627 W000108 MS 10/18 13:30 10/21 11:45 21194 W000111 BB 10/18 16:30 10/24 12:45 26666 W000112 PR 10/18 17:15 10/19 02:01 777 W000113 PR 10/17 21:46 10/21 11:45 26496 W000114 PR 10/18 20:16 10/22 12:01 25479 W000119 FL 10/18 22:32 10/19 02:02 8021 W000155 MS 10/18 18:23 10/23 09:08 15282 W000156 FL 10/18 21:23 10/24 12:38 27135 W000157 BB 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:23 6545 W000158 BB 10/18 23:50 10/20 10:53 6742 W000160 MS 10/18 21:53 10/24 12:38 20213 W000162 PR 10/18 14:39 10/23 12:09 27414More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017k.JPG shows the trajectories over a satellite image taken at 6:00 UTC today. The black dots are from 10/22 and earlier. The red dots are from 10/23 and the numbered squares are from today. The numbers show which 3K ft slice the balloon is in. Zero is 0 to 3K ft, one is 3K to 6K, etc.
The status as of 12:10 UTC 10/23 is shown here where the balloon ID, launch location, launch date and time, last packet date and time and altitude in feet are shown. W000039 MS 10/18 14:18 10/18 14:33 4045 W000046 PR 10/18 13:49 10/18 14:34 9648 W000047 PR 10/17 20:50 10/18 12:49 10462 W000092 BB 10/18 10:57 10/18 20:12 5055 W000093 FL 10/18 16:42 10/22 11:57 27664 W000096 MS 10/18 19:43 10/23 11:28 7142 W000102 FL 10/18 15:44 10/19 01:59 2627 W000108 MS 10/18 13:30 10/21 11:45 21194 W000111 BB 10/18 16:30 10/23 12:00 26732 W000112 PR 10/18 17:15 10/19 02:01 777 W000113 PR 10/17 21:46 10/21 11:45 26496 W000114 PR 10/18 20:16 10/22 12:01 25479 W000119 FL 10/18 22:32 10/19 02:02 8021 W000155 MS 10/18 18:23 10/23 09:08 15282 W000156 FL 10/18 21:23 10/23 12:08 27480 W000157 BB 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:23 6545 W000158 BB 10/18 23:50 10/20 10:53 6742 W000160 MS 10/18 21:53 10/23 12:08 4242 W000162 PR 10/18 14:39 10/23 12:09 27414 More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017j.JPG shows the trajectories over a satellite image taken at 6:00 UTC today. The black dots are from 10/21 and earlier. The red dots are from 10/22 and the numbered squares are from today. The numbers show which 3K ft slice the balloon is in. Zero is 0 to 3K ft, one is 3K to 6K, etc. The W000155 and W000160 balloons over Georgia seem to have run into some type of precipitation so I looked those trajectories with higher resolution and that is shown in http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017ga.JPG where the changes in altitude, probably due to rain on the balloon envelope, are apparent.
The status as of 12:10 UTC 10/22 is shown here where the balloon ID, launch location, launch date and time, last packet date and time and altitude in feet are shown. W000039 MS 10/18 14:18 10/18 14:33 4045 W000046 PR 10/18 13:49 10/18 14:34 9648 W000047 PR 10/17 20:50 10/18 12:49 10462 W000092 BB 10/18 10:57 10/18 20:12 5055 W000093 FL 10/18 16:42 10/22 11:57 27664 W000096 MS 10/18 19:43 10/22 11:58 7457 W000102 FL 10/18 15:44 10/19 01:59 2627 W000108 MS 10/18 13:30 10/21 11:45 21194 W000111 BB 10/18 16:30 10/22 12:00 26745 W000112 PR 10/18 17:15 10/19 02:01 777 W000113 PR 10/17 21:46 10/21 11:45 26496 W000114 PR 10/18 20:16 10/22 12:01 25479 W000119 FL 10/18 22:32 10/19 02:02 8021 W000155 MS 10/18 18:23 10/22 12:08 22985 W000156 FL 10/18 21:23 10/22 12:08 27637 W000157 BB 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:23 6545 W000158 BB 10/18 23:50 10/20 10:53 6742 W000160 MS 10/18 21:53 10/22 11:53 23221 W000162 PR 10/18 14:39 10/22 11:54 27139 More Information:The image, http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017i.JPG , shows trajectories over a satellite image taken at 6:00 UTC. The black dots are from 10/20 and earlier. The red dots are from 10/20 and the numbered squares are from today. The numbers show which 3K ft slice the balloon is in. Zero is 0 to 3K ft, one is 3K to 6K, etc.
Graph showing the altitudes of the WISDOM Balloons launched from the FL Keys available at http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/WISDOMaltFL.gif Tracks for the WISDOM Balloons launched from FL along with the tracks of the other balloons overlayed on satellite image from 00:00 UTC 10/22 is http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017h.JPG . More Information:
The last report from W000108 in the center of the image was at 19:30 UTC at 2864 feet altitude.More Information:WISDOM balloon tracks shown on a satellite image taken at 21:00 UTC is viewable at http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017g.JPG .
The status as of 11:50 UTC 10/21 is shown here where the balloon ID, launch location, launch date and time, last packet date and time and altitude in feet are shown. Interesting to note that balloons 155 and 160 are only seperated 33 feet in altitude and only 14.7 miles apart on a relative bearing of 181 deg over Mexico. W000039 MS 10/18 14:18 10/18 14:33 4045 W000046 PR 10/18 13:49 10/18 14:34 9648 W000047 PR 10/17 20:50 10/18 12:49 10462 W000092 BB 10/18 10:57 10/18 20:12 5055 W000093 FL 10/18 16:42 10/21 11:42 27440 W000096 MS 10/18 19:43 10/21 11:43 7752 W000102 FL 10/18 15:44 10/19 01:59 2627 W000108 MS 10/18 13:30 10/21 11:45 21194 W000111 BB 10/18 16:30 10/21 11:45 26771 W000112 PR 10/18 17:15 10/19 02:01 777 W000113 PR 10/17 21:46 10/21 11:45 26496 W000114 PR 10/18 20:16 10/21 11:46 26706 W000119 FL 10/18 22:32 10/19 02:02 8021 W000155 MS 10/18 18:23 10/21 11:37 22644 W000156 FL 10/18 21:23 10/21 11:38 27454 W000157 BB 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:23 6545 W000158 BB 10/18 23:50 10/20 10:53 6742 W000160 MS 10/18 21:53 10/21 11:38 22611 W000162 PR 10/18 14:39 10/21 11:39 27217More Information:http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017f.JPG shows the trajectories over a satellite image taken at 6:00 UTC. The black dots are from 10/19 and earlier. The red dots are from 10/20 and the numbered squares are from today. The numbers show which 3K ft slice the balloon is in. Zero is 0 to 3K ft, one is 3K to 6K, etc.
All of the balloons indicated as active today have been heard from in the past hour except the two low altitude ones launched from Barbados. Those two have not been heard from in over 12 hours.More Information:A plot of the flight trajectories on a satellite image taken at 21:00 UTC can be found at: http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017e.JPG .
The status as of 11:55 UTC 10/20 is shown here where the balloon ID, launch location, launch date and time, last packet date and time and altitude are shown. W000039 MS 10/18 14:18 10/18 14:33 4045 W000046 PR 10/18 13:49 10/18 14:34 9648 W000047 PR 10/17 20:50 10/18 12:49 10462 W000092 BB 10/18 10:57 10/18 20:12 5055 W000093 FL 10/18 16:42 10/20 11:42 26994 W000096 MS 10/18 19:43 10/20 11:43 7391 W000102 FL 10/18 15:44 10/19 01:59 2627 W000108 MS 10/18 13:30 10/20 11:45 23510 W000111 BB 10/18 16:30 10/20 11:45 26673 W000112 PR 10/18 17:15 10/19 02:01 777 W000113 PR 10/17 21:46 10/20 11:45 24934 W000114 PR 10/18 20:16 10/20 11:46 26673 W000119 FL 10/18 22:32 10/19 02:02 8021 W000155 MS 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:53 22979 W000156 FL 10/18 21:23 10/20 11:53 27034 W000157 BB 10/18 18:23 10/20 11:23 6545 W000158 BB 10/18 23:50 10/20 10:53 6742 W000160 MS 10/18 21:53 10/20 11:53 22906 W000162 PR 10/18 14:39 10/20 11:54 25721More Information:A plot of the flight trajectories can be found at http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/wisdom/flt_data/start20081017c.JPG . The black dots are from 10/18 and earlier. The red dots are from 10/19 and the numbered squares are from 10/20. The numbers show which 3K ft slice the balloon is in. Zero is 0 to 3K ft, one is 3K to 6k, etc.
