Mission Summary
20160929N1 Aircraft 49RF
Tropical Storm Matthew

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderDoug MacIntyre
Co-pilotBrad Fritzler
Co-pilotDavid Cowan
Flight DirectorPaul Flaherty
Flight DirectorIan Sears
Data TechnicianJoe Greene
Dropsonde OperatorGabe Defeo
Dropsonde OperatorJeff Newnam
Dropsonde OperatorLeonard Miller


Proposed NOAA 49 track

Final NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF will conduct NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission on Tropical Storm Matthew in the eastern Caribbean.

MISSION PLAN: MATTHEW
Prepared by National Hurricane Center
September 28, 2016 2:27:49 PM
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 29/1730Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON Time
deg min deg min hr:min
1 25 00 -76 000:56
2 25 00 -74 001:11
3 25 00 -72 001:27
4 25 00 -70 001:42
5 25 00 -68 001:58
6 25 00 -66 002:13
7 22 30 -67 002:35
8 22 30 -69 002:51
9 22 30 -71 003:07
10 22 30 -73 003:23
11 20 00 -74 003:45
12 20 00 -72 004:00
13 20 00 -70 004:16
14 20 00 -68 004:32
15 20 00 -66 004:48
16 16 15 -67 085:20
17 16 49 -68 205:31
18 16 49 -69 405:41
19 16 15 -70 525:52
20 15 12 -71 426:03
21 13 54 -72 006:14
22 12 41 -71 466:24
23 12 18 -70 526:32
24 11 42 -69 346:44
25 11 01 -68 046:57
26 11 33 -67 087:06
27 12 36 -66 187:17
28 13 54 -66 007:27
29 15 12 -66 187:38
Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
MacDill AFB, FL 17:31 UTC St. Croix, USVI 01:17 UTC

Problems :


Mission Data :

NetCDF | 1 second | serial | Flight Director's log | Flight Director's manifest

Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude


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