Citation Flight Notes
July 16, 2002

Crew:  	Le Hardy, Sprosty, Poellot, Twohy, DeMott

183744	Takeoff

184400	Plan is to spiral over West site.
185040	Proceeding to west site. Anvil ahead is orphaned.
185300	Shifting between wing and nose and back
185357	On pitot nose.
185800	NPOL requests drift with anvil while spiraling. On an ATC heading west.
190000	Finally cleared to west site. Level FL270.
190530	Anvil base visually at this level.
190700	Starting spiral up. TDL looks good today. Spirals not over site; a few miles southwest.
191045	Nothing on 2DC - resetting.
191400	Spiraling through 30,700'. Lagrangian spirals.
191750	Up through 32,300'. Climb rate is slow in the spiral.
192015	FL330, will spiral down.
192200	2DC is working.
192700	Near base.
193300	FL270, starting spiral climb to the right, where base is a little lower. 
193350	Some light turbulence.
193440	HVPS hung bit - recycle.
193600	Light turbulence (had little on previous spiral). Only difference is we moved over a 
few miles.
193730	Plates, aggregates, small roundish. Aggregates are plates.
194700	FL335, new points:

C	DHP  302/025
D	DHP  266/059
G	285/031  (10 miles short of C)

194900	FL338, about top of climb. Tops to 49K, most 42K (reported).
195344	FL345, max altitude
195530	Going to D at FL350. Asked by NPOL to offset to the south, closer to the storms.
200535	Photo of target cell, FL350.
200555	On line D to G
200700	Adjusting right of course to get closer to cell.
200900	Under anvil.
201100	Into some cloud, FL350, T = -45C. Thin and glassy particle images.
201250	Bullet rosettes? "Pretty crystals"
201500	Reversing course, into cloud. Will climb.
201838	Back along north side of cell, FL360. More beautiful crystals.
203630	4miles south of C, reverse and climb, just out of cloud/in the cloud. Lots of hexagonal crystals.
203515	Heading along anvil, heading 085. Will get to east end, then proceed to G then J, FL370.

J	255/52

203740	Light turbulence, FL370, higher water contents.
203840	Switched to pitot wing - nose is plugging.
204100	Between cells momentarily, going direct G.
204730	Going to J. Wind 104/38 knots, FL370. Pitot nose plugged.
205730	At DHP 260/53 enroute to A, in cirrus, sort of reversed J-G.

A	260/040
K	264/079

210140	A, turning to K, FL370.
210725	Turning 15 short of K, 5 short of L (drop point).
211345	Small particles and big aggregates of columns and plates and rope-like chain aggregates.
211530	Cloud thinned considerably at A. Turn and descend to FL250.
211850	A, FL353, heading 270.
212240	Turning to offset track 4 miles south, FL350. 2DC images have fingers from static.
212635	Reverse, descend to FL330.
213115	Near K, going to A, FL330, T= -40C
214040	Reversing, east end, descend to FL310. Out of cloud in turn.
214355	Heading west, FL310.
214500	Back in thicker cloud, light turbulence. Maybe some short columns. FL310, T -35C.
215205	Reverse, descend to FL290, at west end.
215330	Light turbulence. Pitot nose has been plugging off and on in cirrus.
220640	Out of cloud, FL290.
220750	Turning, descend to FL270.
221205	Heading 270, FL270, back into cloud.
221500	Cloud lower to left, thin on this track here, thicker west end. Will do FL250 next. Winds more northeasterly this level, 060/20 knots.
211940	West end, reversing, descend to FL250, still in cloud.
222325	FL250, heading east, still in cloud.
222720	Photo north of cell over Ft. Meyers. Continuing to finish legat FL250 in clear air, taking CFDC sample from CVI.
223450	End of leg, RTB.
223635	Speed brakes out.

225329	Land

4.2 hours.


Summary:

1. Spirals near west site from FL270 up to FL330, down to FL270, up to FL345. Lagrangian spirals through small orphan anvil.
2. Flew offset from D to G at FL350, 360 and 370. Samples along north edge of anvil and decaying cell.
3. Two legs G to J, J to G, at FL370 in cirrus.
4. Flew A to K, then offset 4 miles south, in anvil. Steps at FL 370, 350, 330, 310, 290, 270, 250.


Instrument Issues:
No 2DC on first spiral up.