THE DROPSONDE DATASET DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND NOW INCLUDES ALL DROPSONDE DATA FROM PREVIOUS NASA HURRICANE FIELD PROGRAMS AS WELL AS MANY OF THE NOAA AND OTHER AGENCY (E.G. NRL ONR NCAR/EOL AIR FORCE RESERVE) FIELD PROGRAMS SINCE 1996. THE PI WILL COMPLETE COMPOSITE ANALYSES THAT SHOW THE SHEAR-RELATIVE DISTRIBUTIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH)/MOISTURE HOW THEY EVOLVE DURING INTENSIFICATION AND HOW THEY DIFFER AT VARIOUS INTENSIFICATION RATES. TO COMPLEMENT THE DROPSONDE DATA THE PI WILL CREATE SIMILAR ANALYSES FOR HAMSR AND S-HIS REMOTELY SENSED DATA OF MOISTURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY. ONCE THE ANALYSES FROM DROPSONDE HAMSR AND S-HIS ARE COMPLETED THE PI ANTICIPATES A MANUSCRIPT THAT DESCRIBES THESE RESULTS TO BE PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION. THE PI AN UNFUNDED COLLABORATOR (ROBERT ROGERS NOAA/ ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY [ AOML ]/HURRICANE RESEARCH DIVISION) WITH ASSISTANCE FROM A POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST AT UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI/RSMAS/CIMAS WILL ACCUMULATE RADAR DATA FROM PREVIOUS NASA HURRICANE FIELD PROGRAMS (E.G. APR-2 AND HIWRAP). THE GOAL WILL BE TO PRODUCE SHEAR-RELATIVE ANALYSES OF REFLECTIVITY AND VERTICAL VELOCITY THAT HELP IDENTIFY THE PRECIPITATION STRUCTURE AND ITS AZIMUTHAL DISTRIBUTION AROUND THE CENTER AT VARIOUS INTENSITIES AND INTENSITY CHANGE RATES. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO RELATE THE EVOLUTIONS OF THE PRECIPITATION STRUCTURE AND DISTRIBUTION (PARTICULARLY IN THE UPSHEAR QUADRANTS OF THE STORM) TO THE INTENSITY CHANGE RATE AND TO IDENTIFY HOW THE THERMODYNAMIC (DETERMINED BY DROPSONDES/HAMSR/S-HIS) AND KINEMATIC (DETERMINED BY RADAR) PROPERTIES OF THE STORM BOTH GOVERN THE OBSERVED PRECIPITATION STRUCTURE AND DISTRIBUTION AND ALSO CO-EVOLVE AS AN INTENSIFICATION EVENT PROCEEDS. THIS WORK SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH YEAR 2 AND CULMINATE IN A MANUSCRIPT SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION IN YEAR 3. FINALLY THE CO-I (ZIPSER) AND HIS GRADUATE STUDENT (TREY ALVEY) (THROUGH A SUBAWARD) WILL COMPLETE "REAL CASE" NUMERICAL ENSEMBLE SIMULATIONS FROM HURRICANE EDOUARD (2014). ALVEY'S RESULTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VERIFY AND DESCRIBE FURTHER HOW PRECIPITATION AND THE MOISTURE/RH DISTRIBUTIONS CO-EVOLVE DURING THE RAPID INTENSIFICATION (AND NON-INTENSIFICATION) PRODUCED BY THE SIMULATIONS. ALVEY IS CURRENTLY PREPARING A MANUSCRIPT ON THESE RESULTS. ALVEY WILL SUBSEQUENTLY BEGIN IDEALIZED MODELING SIMULATIONS (USING A WRF CONFIGURATION) TO LOOK AT HOW THE ENVIRONMENT (E.G. VERTICAL WIND SHEAR RELATIVE HUMIDITY MOISTURE AND TEMPERATURE) IMPACTS PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTIONS IN A WAY THAT IS FAVORABLE OR UNFAVORABLE FOR FUTURE INTENSIFICATION. AS HE ANTICIPATES COMPLETING HIS PHD SOON A POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST AT UM/RSMAS/CIMAS WILL CONTINUE AND COMPLETE THE REMAINING TASKS RELATED TO THE REAL CASE AND IDEALIZED EXPERIMENT OBJECTIVES.