Launch Forecast deux

Pretty much what Matt said.
Here are some maps for your viewing pleasure.

precipitation
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/namer/namp03/00/images/nam_p03_084m.gif

250mb map
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/namer/hiresw/00/images/hiresw_250_048m.gif

850mb map
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/namer/hiresw/00/images/hiresw_850_048m.gif

Weather Underground Forecast.
http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=77205

Solutions changed...Ready for flight tomorrow

Solutions have been changed on the ozonesonde and tested.  Looks like all is well for flight tomorrow.  The pre-flight prep team will arrive at 8 am to make sure everything is still a go.  Thanks, James.

Launch Forecast

It looks like great weather for Tuesday mornings launch with cool/mostly clear conditions expected at the time of the launch. Winds should generally be light (0-5mph) out of the north-northeast as high pressure settles into the region. Rather strong upper level winds should allow the balloon to land well outside of Beltway 8...it currently looks like it will likely land somewhere east-southeast of Houston towards southwest Louisiana or the northwestern Gulf.

Homework for Tuesday and schedule

Go to
http://imaqs.uh.edu/ozone/ourdata.htm

pick a sounding and plot in igor.

Day of Prep Team meet at 8:00 in lab
All other groups meet in lab at 8:30
we will walk over to trailer, set up, make calls, make sure telemetry is working
Launch around 9:15am
Watch data come in.
Flight will last around 2 hours.

Team Leaders

Here is a list of the team leaders:

Team 1: Lindsey
Team 2: Tara
Team 3: Gabriel
Team 4: Maria
Team 5: Christi

These are to help everyone know who represents each team so that if a problem occurs, one person should be reached rather than trying to reach everyone at that time.

- Johnny

Forecasting

Greetings.

Just playing around on Weather Underground.
Looks like Tuesday will be partly cloudy and in the 60's.

Team 4 will keep monitoring the weather before the launch and keep you guys updated.

-Maria

Team assignments

Group 1: Initial 3-7 Day Prep Team (Section 3.1)-Mark, Lindsey
Group 2: Telemetry and Radiosonde Team (Section 3.2.2.4) Team will also mount radiosonde to ozonesonde (3.2.2.5) just before flight and perform final check-Meryl, Tara, Anjali
Group 3: Pre-flight prep team (Section 3.2.2.2) Both day of and two days before launch.-James Patrick, Gabriel
Group 4: Launch forecast team use balloon track to forecast ozonesonde trajectory (Section 3.2.2.6). Also do weather forecast for launch. - Renada, Maria, Matt
Group 5: Launch team and project managers: will assemble balloon train and set up launch instruments (Section 3.3)-Christi, Nicole, Johnny

Everyone needs to pick a team leader, so do that and post it here on the blog!