Mission Summary
20100828N2 Aircraft 49RF
Rapid Intensification Mission Tropical Storm Earl

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft Commander
Co-pilot
Flight Director
Flight Director
Electronics Technician
AVAPS Operator
Dropsonde Operator

Scientific Crew (49RF)
None


Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF will fly an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Earl east of Barbados. The G-IV will leave Barbados 1730 UTC and will recover back at Barbados by 0150 UTC on the next day.

HURRICANE RAPID INTENSIFICATION MISSION PLAN: EARL
Prepared by the
National Hurricane Center
August 28, 2010 9:49:17 AM Aircraft: N49RF
Altitude: FL410-450
Proposed takeoff: 28/1730Z
DROP LOCATIONS
# LAT LON TIME
deg min deg min hh:mm
117 00-58 000:34
218 30-59 000:49
317 24-57 001:07
418 27-56 101:18
520 00-56 001:31
621 00-58 001:49
723 00-59 002:07
825 00-58 302:24
924 00-57 002:38
1022 30-56 002:53
1121 00-55 003:07
1222 00-54 003:19
1323 30-54 303:31
1425 00-53 303:46
1524 00-52 004:00
1622 00-52 004:17
1719 01-54 584:50
1819 01-53 385:01
1918 27-52 265:12
2017 24-51 365:23
2116 06-51 185:34
2214 48-51 365:44
2313 45-52 265:55
2413 11-53 386:06
2513 11-54 586:17
2613 45-56 106:28
2714 48-57 006:38
2816 06-57 186:49

Mission Summary :

NOAA 49RF flew an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Earl east of Barbados. The G-IV left Barbados 1654 UTC and recovered back at Barbados at 0013 UTC on the next day.

Problems :


Mission Data :

NetCDF file


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