Mission Summary
20161003N1 Aircraft 49RF
Hurricane Matthew

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft Commanderron Moyers
Co-pilotDavid Cowan
Flight DirectorMike Holmes
Flight DirectorIan Sears
Data TechnicianCharles Lynch
Dropsonde OperatorJeff Smith
Dropsonde OperatorJeff Hartberger
EngineerJohn Hill


Proposed NOAA 49 track

Final NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

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

MISSION PLAN: MATTHEW
Prepared by National Hurricane Center
October 02, 2016 2:17:23 AM
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 03/1730Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON Time
deg min deg min hr:min
1 27 58 -78 000:35
2 28 00 -76 000:50
3 28 00 -74 001:06
4 28 00 -72 001:21
5 26 00 -72 001:37
6 26 00 -74 001:53
7 26 00 -76 002:08
8 24 18 -76 002:22
9 24 18 -74 002:38
10 24 18 -72 002:53
11 22 37 -72 003:07
12 22 37 -74 003:23
13 22 37 -76 003:39
14 21 13 -74 583:53
15 20 39 -73 004:09
16 20 11 -71 334:21
17 19 54 -70 004:34
18 18 21 -68 064:53
19 17 24 -70 005:10
20 16 45 -71 485:26
21 15 57 -72 265:34
22 15 23 -73 385:45
23 15 23 -74 585:55
24 15 44 -76 306:08
25 16 18 -77 456:19
26 17 00 -79 006:31
27 18 00 -80 006:42
28 19 12 -81 486:59
29 20 24 -83 367:17
30 21 42 -85 127:33
31 25 00 -83 488:02
Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
MacDill AFB, FL 17:12 UTC MacDill AFB, FL 01:59 UTC


Mission Data :

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


Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude


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