Mission Summary
20040830N1 Aircraft 49RF
Frances flight 2004
| Sonde Scientist | Mike Black |
| Sonde Scientist | John Kaplan |
N49 drops
N49 drops
| Sonde Scientist | Mike Black |
| Sonde Scientist | John Kaplan |
N49 drops
The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Mike Black and John Kaplan flew a Synoptic Flow mission around Hurricane Frances.They left Barbados at 01:30 PM AST and recovered at Barbados 09:30 PM AST.
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Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 30/1730Z | |||
| DROP LOCATIONS | |||
| Drop # | LAT (d m) | LON (d m) | TIME (h:mm) |
| 1 | 13 32 | 61 45 | 0:28 |
| 2 | 14 00 | 64 00 | 0:47 |
| 3 | 16 00 | 64 00 | 1:03 |
| 4 | 16 00 | 66 00 | 1:19 |
| 5 | 16 00 | 68 00 | 1:34 |
| 6 | 18 00 | 68 00 | 1:51 |
| 7 | 20 00 | 68 00 | 2:07 |
| 8 | 20 00 | 66 00 | 2:22 |
| 9 | 18 20 | 63 28 | 2:46 |
| 10 | 20 06 | 64 03 | 3:01 |
| 11 | 21 52 | 63 28 | 3:16 |
| 12 | 22 00 | 67 00 | 3:43 |
| 13 | 23 30 | 66 00 | 3:57 |
| 14 | 25 00 | 65 00 | 4:11 |
| 15 | 23 59 | 63 29 | 4:25 |
| 16 | 22 57 | 61 59 | 4:40 |
| 17 | 22 57 | 60 07 | 4:53 |
| 18 | 21 52 | 58 38 | 5:08 |
| 19 | 23 26 | 58 18 | 5:21 |
| 20 | 25 00 | 59 00 | 5:35 |
| 21 | 24 30 | 57 00 | 5:50 |
| 22 | 24 00 | 55 00 | 6:05 |
| 23 | 22 00 | 55 00 | 6:22 |
| 24 | 21 03 | 56 32 | 6:36 |
| 25 | 20 06 | 58 03 | 6:50 |
| 26 | 18 20 | 58 38 | 7:05 |
| 27 | 17 21 | 60 00 | 7:18 |
| 28 | 15 39 | 60 00 | 7:32 |
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