Mission Summary
20021001N1 Aircraft 49RF
Synoptic Surveillance flight
around Tropical Storm Lili 2002

Scientific Crew (49RF)
Sonde ScientistSean White
Sonde ScientistShirley Murillo
Mission Plan :

The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Sean White and Shirley Murillo, will conduct an NHC-tasked synoptic surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Lili at the nominal time of 12 UTC/October 1. Take-off time will be at 1:30 AM EDT from MacDill AFB and landed at 10 AM EDT in MacDill AFB, FL.

Mission Summary :

A phone call was made to the Hurricane Specialist on duty. The following important information was relayed :

  1. The storm was clearly defined in the deep-layer mean. The is a subtropical ridge to its north.
  2. There is an anticyclone at 200 mb centered over the central Bahamas, and another weaker one over the storm.
  3. The storm circulation extends up to about 250 mb.
  4. Dry air at 700 mb is in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, in the northern Bahamas, to the north-northeast, and in the eastern Bahamas. At 850 mb dry air is north and east of the northern Bahamas.
  5. The highest surface winds are 20 kts.

PDF plots of drop data

Lili
PLANNED mission drops
Aircraft: N49RF Takeoff: 01/0530Z Landed: 01/1400Z
DROP LOCATIONS
Drop # LAT
(d m)		 LON
(d m)		 TIME
(h:mm)
1 25 2383 300:21
2 23 0780 460:49
3 22 4879 081:02
4 22 3077 301:16
5 24 4077 301:33
6 26 4977 301:51
7 29 0077 302:09
8 29 0075 302:24
9 29 0073 302:39
10 26 3072 303:01
11 26 3075 003:21
12 24 0075 003:41
13 24 0073 303:53
14 24 0072 004:04
15 22 0073 004:23
16 20 0074 004:41
17 19 3076 305:01
18 19 0079 005:21
19 17 4581 005:40
20 16 3083 005:59
21 19 2483 476:24
22 20 2186 046:44
23 22 2186 557:01
24 24 3785 537:21
25 27 3087 307:48
26 27 4085 008:07

Lili
PLANNED mission turns
Aircraft: N49RF Takeoff: 01/0530Z Landing: 01/1400Z
TRACK DISTANCES
Drop # LAT
(d m)		 LON
(d m)		 RAD/AZM
(nm/dg)		 LEG
(nm)		 TOTAL
(nm)		 TIME
(h:mm)
0MACDILL0. 0. 0:00
1 25 2383 30 180/5 158.158. 0:21
2 23 0880 46 180/75 207.365. 0:49
3 22 3077 30192.558. 1:16
4 29 0077 30390.948. 2:09
5 29 0073 30224.1172. 2:39
6 26 3072 30160.1332. 3:01
7 26 3075 00142.1474. 3:21
8 24 0075 00150.1624. 3:41
9 24 0072 00172.1796. 4:04
10 20 0074 00266.2063. 4:41
11 19 0079 00297.2360. 5:21
12 16 3083 00278.2638. 5:59
13 19 2483 48 180/180180.2818. 6:24
14 20 2286 05 180/225145.2963. 6:44
15 22 2186 55 180/269129.3092. 7:01
16 24 3885 54 180/320149.3241. 7:21
17 27 3087 30195.3436. 7:48
18MACDILL282.3718. 8:26

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