Mission Summary
20021001N2 Aircraft 49RF
Synoptic Surveillance flight
around Hurricane Lili 2002

Scientific Crew (49RF)
Sonde ScientistChris Landsea
Sonde ScientistRob Rogers
Mission Plan :

The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Chris Landsea and Rob Rogers, will conduct an NHC-tasked synoptic surveillance mission around Hurricane Lili at the nominal time of 0 UTC/October 2. Take-off time will be at 1:30 PM EDT from MacDill AFB and landed at 10 PM EDT in MacDill AFB, FL.

Mission Summary :

A phone call was made to the Hurricane Specialist on Duty, Stacey Stewart. The following important information was relayed :

  1. The storm is clearly visible in the deep-layer mean. There is no sign of a subtropical ridge axis.
  2. There is no shear over the storm.
  3. The divergent outflow at 200 mb is in all directions from the center except the southeast.
  4. The circulation extends up to 300 mb.
  5. There is a weak upper-level circulation from 200 to 300 mb.
  6. There is an upper-level circulation in the western Gulf of Mexico up to 400 mb.
  7. The 500 mb ridge axis is well to the north of the dropsondes.
  8. At 500 mb there is dry air over the northern Bahamas and south of the storm.
  9. At 700 mb there is dry air over the northern Bahamas, eastern Cuba, and the western Gulf of Mexico.
  10. At 850 mb there is dry air in the north central Gulf of Mexico.
  11. There are gale force surface winds north of Havana. There are strong winds in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

PDF plots of drop data

Lili
PLANNED mission drops
Aircraft: N49RF Takeoff: 01/1730Z Landed: 02/0200Z
DROP LOCATIONS
Drop # LAT
(d m)		 LON
(d m)		 TIME
(h:mm)
1 25 0283 480:25
2 23 1482 580:41
3 23 1580 001:04
4 25 0778 451:22
5 27 0077 301:40
6 24 3777 302:00
7 22 1577 302:19
8 21 1575 452:35
9 20 1574 002:51
10 19 4575 003:00
11 19 4577 303:20
12 20 2180 393:46
13 20 5783 484:11
14 19 3082 304:27
15 17 0082 304:47
16 17 0085 005:07
17 18 3085 325:20
18 19 0086 055:33
19 22 0087 005:51
20 22 5789 136:10
21 25 0288 236:29
22 26 0086 056:48
23 28 0085 007:07

Lili
PLANNED mission turns
Aircraft: N49RF Takeoff: 01/1730Z Landing: 02/0200Z
TRACK DISTANCES
Drop # LAT
(d m)		 LON
(d m)		 RAD/AZM
(nm/dg)		 LEG
(nm)		 TOTAL
(nm)		 TIME
(h:mm)
0MACDILL0.0.0:00
125 03 83 48180/45183. 183.0:25
223 15 82 59180/85118. 301.0:41
323 15 80 00172. 473.1:04
427 00 77 30266. 739.1:40
522 15 77 30285.1024.2:19
620 15 74 00236.1260.2:51
719 45 75 00 65.1325.3:00
819 45 77 30146.1471.3:20
920 58 83 49180/135 374.1845.4:11
1019 30 82 30116.1961.4:27
1117 00 82 30150.2111.4:47
1217 00 85 00147.2258.5:07
1319 00 86 06180/180 191.2449.5:33
1422 00 87 00131.2580.5:51
1522 57 89 14180/269 141.2720.6:10
1625 03 88 24180/315 134.2855.6:29
1726 00 86 06180/ 0143.2997.6:48
1828 00 85 00135.3132.7:07
19MACDILL140.3273.7:26

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