Mission Summary
20110824N1 Aircraft 49RF
Synoptic Surveillance Mission Hurricane Irene

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderGreg Glover
Co-pilotKristie Twining
Co-pilotRon Moyers
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
Flight DirectorJess Williams
Data TechnicianMark Rogers
Dropsonde OperatorMike Mascaro
Dropsonde OperatorJoe Greene

Guests (49RF)
Jeff Fournier (NWS Tallahassee)


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.

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: Irene
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
129 00-79 000:29
229 00-77 000:44
329 00-75 000:59
427 00-76 001:17
527 00-78 001:33
624 55-75 401:58
724 55-74 202:08
824 21-73 082:18
926 00-73 002:32
1027 00-74 002:43
1128 00-73 002:55
1227 00-72 003:06
1326 00-71 003:17
1425 00-70 003:28
1524 00-71 003:40
1623 18-72 183:51
1722 00-72 004:02
1820 42-72 184:13
1919 57-73 314:25
2019 05-74 204:34
2119 05-75 404:45
2219 26-76 524:55
2319 43-78 145:06
2420 36-79 205:17
2522 32-77 425:38
2623 18-77 425:44
2723 35-80 026:02
2825 30-83 306:34
2925 30-85 306:49
3025 30-87 307:05
3127 30-87 307:21
3229 30-87 307:37
3327 30-85 307:60

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
MacDill AFB, FL05:30 UTC MacDill AFB, FL13:54 UTC

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 :


Mission Data :

NetCDF flight level file | Error Summary | Flight Director's log


Page last updated November 09, 2011
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