Mission Summary
20170904N1 Aircraft 49RF
Hurricane Irma (AL11)
Synoptic Surveillance

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderKristie Twining
Co-pilotFitzler
Co-pilotTanner Sims
Flight DirectorRich Henning
Flight DirectorJess Williams
System EngineerJoe Greene
Data TechnicianGabe Defeo
Dropsonde OperatorDelgado
Dropsonde OperatorPatel


Original Proposed NOAA 49 track

Actual Synoptic Surveillance NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF (N49) will fly a synoptic surveillance mission from Barbados into Hurricane Irma.

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: IRMA
Prepared by the National Hurricane Center
September 03, 2017 5:39:48 PM
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 04/1730Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON Time
deg min deg min hr:min
1 13 04 -59 29 0:00
2 14 30 -61 00 0:17
3 14 30 -62 30 0:29
4 14 30 -64 00 0:41
5 16 30 -64 00 0:57
6 20 30 -64 00 1:30
7 22 30 -64 00 1:47
8 24 30 -64 00 2:03
9 26 30 -64 00 2:19
10 28 30 -64 00 2:36
11 28 30 -62 00 2:51
12 28 30 -60 00 3:06
13 26 30 -60 00 3:23
14 24 30 -60 00 3:39
15 22 30 -60 00 3:55
16 20 30 -60 00 4:12
17 20 30 -58 00 4:28
18 17 42 -57 00 4:52
19 18 45 -56 10 5:03
20 19 19 -54 58 5:13
21 19 19 -53 38 5:24
22 18 45 -52 26 5:35
23 17 42 -51 36 5:45
24 16 24 -51 18 5:56
25 15 06 -51 36 6:07
26 14 03 -52 26 6:18
27 13 29 -53 38 6:29
28 13 29 -54 58 6:40
29 14 03 -56 10 6:50
30 15 06 -57 00 7:01
31 16 24 -57 18 7:12

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Barbados, BWI 17:20 UTC Barbados, BWI 01:16 UTC

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Mission Data :


Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude

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Page last updated Dec. 6, 2017
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