Mission Summary
20170822N1 Aircraft 49RF
Tropical Storm Harvey

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderDoug MacIntyre
Co-pilotDavid Cowan
Flight DirectorJess Williams
Flight DirectorIan Sears
System EngineerJoe Greene
Data TechnicianGabe Defeo
Dropsonde OperatorAnsaruddin Hasan
Dropsonde OperatorJames Warnecke
Dropsonde OperatorMoreno


Proposed NOAA 49 track

Actual NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF will conduct NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission on Tropical Storm Harvey in the Gulf of Mexico.

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: HARVEY
Prepared by the National Hurricane Center
August 21, 2017 7:06:22 PM
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 22/1730Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON Time
deg min deg min hr:min
1 27 59 -84 59 0:23
2 28 00 -86 30 0:35
3 29 00 -87 15 0:45
4 30 00 -88 00 0:55
5 28 30 -89 00 1:09
6 27 00 -90 00 1:24
7 26 00 -89 00 1:35
8 25 00 -90 00 1:46
9 24 00 -92 00 2:04
10 26 00 -92 00 2:20
11 28 00 -92 00 2:37
12 27 00 -94 00 2:54
13 25 00 -94 00 3:11
14 26 00 -96 00 3:28
15 24 00 -96 00 3:45
16 22 00 -96 00 4:01
17 23 00 -94 00 4:19
18 19 30 -93 30 4:48
19 20 48 -93 12 4:58
20 21 51 -92 22 5:09
21 22 25 -91 10 5:20
22 22 25 -89 50 5:30
23 21 51 -88 38 5:41
24 20 30 -86 30 6:01
25 19 19 -87 08 6:12
26 18 00 -87 00 6:23
27 19 00 -85 00 6:41
28 22 00 -85 00 7:05
29 22 00 -86 30 7:17
30 24 00 -87 00 7:34
31 26 00 -85 00 7:56
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Wind and Atlitude

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