| Aircraft Commander | Greg Glover |
| Co-pilot | Kristie Twining |
| Co-pilot | Ron Moyers |
| Flight Director | Jack Parrish |
| Flight Director | Jess Williams |
| Data Technician | Mark Rogers |
| Dropsonde Operator | Mike Mascaro |
| Dropsonde Operator | Joe Greene |
| Jeff Fournier (NWS Tallahassee) |
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Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF will fly an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillancd mission around Hurricane Irene. The G-IV will leave MacDill AFB, FL 0530 UTC and will recover back at MacDill AFB, FL by 1400 UTC that day.
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Prepared by the National Hurricane Center August 22, 2011 3:12:13 PM Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 24/0530Z | |||
| DROP LOCATIONS | |||
| # | LAT | LON | TIME |
| deg min | deg min | hh:mm | |
| 1 | 29 00 | -79 00 | 0:29 |
| 2 | 29 00 | -77 00 | 0:44 |
| 3 | 29 00 | -75 00 | 0:59 |
| 4 | 27 00 | -76 00 | 1:17 |
| 5 | 27 00 | -78 00 | 1:33 |
| 6 | 24 55 | -75 40 | 1:58 |
| 7 | 24 55 | -74 20 | 2:08 |
| 8 | 24 21 | -73 08 | 2:18 |
| 9 | 26 00 | -73 00 | 2:32 |
| 10 | 27 00 | -74 00 | 2:43 |
| 11 | 28 00 | -73 00 | 2:55 |
| 12 | 27 00 | -72 00 | 3:06 |
| 13 | 26 00 | -71 00 | 3:17 |
| 14 | 25 00 | -70 00 | 3:28 |
| 15 | 24 00 | -71 00 | 3:40 |
| 16 | 23 18 | -72 18 | 3:51 |
| 17 | 22 00 | -72 00 | 4:02 |
| 18 | 20 42 | -72 18 | 4:13 |
| 19 | 19 57 | -73 31 | 4:25 |
| 20 | 19 05 | -74 20 | 4:34 |
| 21 | 19 05 | -75 40 | 4:45 |
| 22 | 19 26 | -76 52 | 4:55 |
| 23 | 19 43 | -78 14 | 5:06 |
| 24 | 20 36 | -79 20 | 5:17 |
| 25 | 22 32 | -77 42 | 5:38 |
| 26 | 23 18 | -77 42 | 5:44 |
| 27 | 23 35 | -80 02 | 6:02 |
| 28 | 25 30 | -83 30 | 6:34 |
| 29 | 25 30 | -85 30 | 6:49 |
| 30 | 25 30 | -87 30 | 7:05 |
| 31 | 27 30 | -87 30 | 7:21 |
| 32 | 29 30 | -87 30 | 7:37 |
| 33 | 27 30 | -85 30 | 7:60 |
Mission Summary :
| Take off | Landing
| MacDill AFB, FL | 05:30 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL | 13:54 UTC
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NOAA 49RF flew an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillancd mission around Hurricane Irene. The G-IV left MacDill AFB, FL 0530 UTC and recovered back at MacDill AFB, FL by 1354 UTC that day. 34 dropsondes were launched and 30 were transimitted.
 Plot of selected drops with humidity values from this mission along with Total Precipitable Water image demonstrating dry air slot to northwest of hurricane. |
Problems :
NetCDF flight level file |
Error Summary |
Flight Director's log
Page last updated November 09, 2011
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