Mission Summary
20030713N1 Aircraft 49RF
Synoptic Surveillance flight
around Tropical Storm Claudette 2003
| Sonde Scientist | Mike Black |
| Sonde Scientist | Mike Black |
The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Mike Black conducted an NHC-tasked synoptic surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Claudette at the nominal time of 00 UTC/July 14. Take-off was at 1:30 PM EDT from MacDill AFB and landing at 9:00 PM EDT at MacDill AFB. The mission transmitted 24 sondes.
Mission Summary :
Graphics of sonde drops at various levels
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Problems :
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| Drop # | LAT (d m) |
LON (d m) |
TIME (h:mm) |
| 1 | 26 00 | 84 00 | 0:18 |
| 2 | 26 00 | 86 30 | 0:38 |
| 3 | 26 00 | 89 00 | 0:57 |
| 4 | 24 00 | 89 00 | 1:14 |
| 5 | 24 00 | 87 00 | 1:29 |
| 6 | 24 00 | 85 00 | 1:45 |
| 7 | 22 00 | 87 00 | 2:08 |
| 8 | 22 00 | 89 00 | 2:23 |
| 9 | 22 00 | 91 00 | 2:39 |
| 10 | 20 45 | 93 00 | 2:58 |
| 11 | 19 30 | 91 00 | 3:17 |
| 12 | 18 45 | 93 00 | 3:34 |
| 13 | 18 45 | 95 15 | 3:52 |
| 14 | 20 45 | 95 15 | 4:08 |
| 15 | 21 00 | 97 00 | 4:22 |
| 16 | 23 45 | 96 48 | 4:45 |
| 17 | 22 48 | 94 30 | 5:04 |
| 18 | 23 45 | 92 11 | 5:24 |
| 19 | 25 47 | 91 20 | 5:42 |
| 20 | 27 50 | 92 11 | 6:00 |
| 21 | 28 47 | 94 30 | 6:20 |
| 22 | 28 00 | 90 00 | 6:55 |
| 23 | 28 00 | 88 00 | 7:10 |
| 24 | 30 00 | 88 00 | 7:26 |
| 25 | 30 00 | 86 15 | 7:40 |
| 26 | 28 00 | 85 30 | 7:57 |
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