Mission Summary
20170909N2 Aircraft 49RF
Hurricane Irma (AL11)
Synoptic Surveillance

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderKristie Twining
Co-pilotFritzler
Flight DirectorRich Henning
Flight DirectorJess Williams
System EngineerSteve Paul
Data TechnicianPatel
Data TechnicianGabe DeFeo
Dropsonde OperatorDelgado


Original Proposed NOAA 49 track

Actual Synoptic Surveillance NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF (N49) will fly a synoptic surveillance mission around Hurricane Irma.

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: IRMA
Prepared by the National Hurricane Center
September 07, 2017 8:15:38 PM
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 09/1730Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON Time
deg min deg min hr:min
1 27 07 -79 52 0:24
2 30 00 -80 00 0:48
3 31 30 -78 30 1:05
4 31 30 -76 30 1:20
5 31 30 -74 30 1:35
6 30 00 -75 30 1:49
7 30 00 -77 30 2:04
8 27 07 -78 32 2:29
9 26 33 -77 20 2:40
10 26 25 -75 51 2:51
11 24 12 -76 12 3:10
12 22 54 -76 30 3:20
13 21 57 -77 14 3:30
14 21 00 -75 00 3:49
15 20 00 -74 00 4:01
16 19 30 -76 00 4:17
17 19 00 -78 00 4:34
18 21 13 -78 42 4:53
19 21 17 -79 52 5:02
20 21 51 -81 04 5:12
21 21 00 -83 00 5:29
22 22 00 -85 30 5:51
23 24 00 -84 00 6:11
24 24 00 -87 00 6:34
25 26 00 -87 00 6:51
26 28 00 -87 00 7:07
27 30 00 -87 00 7:23
28 29 00 -85 00 7:41
29 27 00 -85 00 7:57

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Linder-Lakeland, FL 17:21 UTC Linder-Lakeland, FL 01:26 UTC

Problems :


Mission Data :


Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude

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