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Figure 1: Initial flight plan for the mission into
Tropical Storm Karl. Green dots are the turn points. Purple and red dots represent locations of rawinsonde observations. |
| Aircraft Commander |
| Co-pilot |
| Co-pilot |
| Navigator |
| Flight Engineer |
| Flight Engineer |
| Flight Director |
| Data Technician |
| Dropsonde Operator |
| Dropsonde Operator |
| LPS | HRD |
| Radar | HRD |
| Drops | HRD |
Mission Plan :
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Figure 1: Initial flight plan for the mission into
Tropical Storm Karl. Green dots are the turn points. Purple and red dots represent locations of rawinsonde observations. |
NOAA43 will fly a HRD-tasked Rapid Intensification Mission into Tropical Storm Karl.
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Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division File: current1.ftk September 21, 2016 Aircraft: N43RF Proposed takeoff: 22/0600Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
| #
| LAT
| LON
| RAD/AZM
| Time
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| deg min
| deg min
| n mi/deg
| hr:min
| 1S | 23 20 | 60 33 | 90/135 | 1:17
| 2S | 25 28 | 62 52 | 90/315 | 2:03
| 3S | 23 20 | 62 51 | 90/225 | 2:36
| 4S | 25 28 | 60 32 | 90/045 | 3:21
| 5S | 25 54 | 61 42 | 90/000 | 3:39
| 6S | 22 54 | 61 42 | 90/180 | 4:25
| 7S | 24 24 | 60 03 | 90/090 | 4:58
| 8S | 24 24 | 63 21 | 90/270 | 5:43
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This flight was cancelled due to a lack of development in Karl
| Take off | Landing
| St. Croix, USVI
| 06:00 UTC
| St. Croix, USVI
| 14:00 UTC
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Problems :