Mission Summary
20160930N1 Aircraft 49RF
Tropical Storm Matthew

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderDoug MacIntyre
Co-pilotBrad Fritzler
Co-pilotDavid Cowan
Flight EngineerAngel Negron
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 29, 2016 2:36:05 PM
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 30/1730Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON Time
deg min deg min hr:min
1 17 30 -68 300:30
2 16 49 -71 080:51
3 16 15 -69 561:02
4 15 12 -69 061:13
5 13 54 -68 481:24
6 12 36 -69 061:35
7 11 44 -69 341:43
8 11 30 -71 301:59
9 11 33 -73 402:16
10 12 36 -74 302:27
11 13 54 -74 482:38
12 15 12 -74 302:49
13 16 15 -73 402:60
14 16 49 -72 283:10
15 19 00 -75 003:37
16 19 00 -79 004:09
17 20 00 -83 004:42
18 21 30 -85 305:05
19 22 00 -87 305:22
20 24 00 -90 005:47
21 26 00 -90 006:04
22 28 00 -90 006:20
23 28 00 -87 306:39
24 26 00 -87 306:55
25 24 00 -87 307:12
26 24 00 -85 007:31
27 26 00 -85 007:48
28 28 00 -85 008:04
Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
St. Croix, USVI 17:45 UTC MacDill AFB, FL 02:08 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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