This was the first rainband to pass the airport. Wind gusts peaked at in an outer rainband. Different programs have been studying these rainbands, including the Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment. A strong rainband associated with the cyclone produced heavy rainfalls over southern parts of Queensland. Later that day, the depression finally organized further and developed a well-defined rainband. It was of the rainband spectrum by lawyer and scientist John Rand Capron. A central dense overcast developed, and a well-defined rainband wrapped around the center of circulation. During the mission, dropwindsondes were deployed off the Gulf Coast to assess the rainband environment.