Aircraft Commander | Pat Didier |
Co-pilot | Kevin Doremus |
Co-pilot | Robert Mitchell |
Flight Engineer | Chris Lelonde |
Flight Engineer | Ken Heystek |
Navigator | Pete Freeman |
Flight Director | Mike Holmes |
Data Technician | Dana Naeher |
AVAPS | Joe Greene |
LPS | Gus Alaka | HRD |
Dropsonde | Jason Sippel | HRD |
Radar | Brittany Dahl | HRD |
LPS | Paul Chang | NESDIS |
Observer | Mike Gonsalves | NESDIS |
Observer | Joe Newcomb | unk |
Observer | Chad Meckley | unk |
Observer | Christine Sur | unk |
Radar | John Gamache | HRD |
Figure 1. Flight plan for 20190830H1 mission for Dorian |
Figure 2. Actual flight track for 20190830H1 mission for Dorian |
Mission Plan :
NOAA42 will conduct a TDR mission into Hurricane Dorian.
Mission Summary :
Take off | Landing
Linder_Lakeland, FL
| 09:22 UTC
| Linder_Lakeland, FL
| 17:02 UTC
| Penetrations
| 3
| Expendables
| 23 sondes | 5 AXBTs |
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division Aug. 30, 2019 12:15 PM EDT Aircraft: N42RF Proposed takeoff: 30/0930Z | |||||||
DROP LOCATION TABLE | |||||||
# | LAT | LON | RAD/AZMON | Time | |||
deg min | deg min | deg nm | hr:min | ||||
1S | 25 15 | 71 02 | 90/300 | 1:53 | |||
2S | 23 45 | 68 11 | 90/120 | 2:39 | |||
3S | 25 15 | 68 10 | 90/060 | 3:03 | |||
4S | 23 45 | 71 01 | 90/240 | 3:48 | |||
5S | 23 00 | 69 36 | 90/180 | 4:11 | |||
6S | 26 00 | 69 36 | 90/360 | 4:57 |
Mission Evaluation / Problems :
Flight level wind along track |
Flight level wind along track in storm |
SFMR wind along flight track |
SFMR wind along flight track in storm |
Altitude, Pressure, Rain Rate, and Wind |
LPS log | Radar log | Drop log