| Aircraft Commander | Doug MacIntyre |
| Co-pilot | Brad Fritzler |
| Co-pilot | Kris Twining |
| Flight Director | Rich Henning |
| Flight Director | Brian Belson |
| Data Technician | Joe Greene |
| Dropsonde Operator | Gabe Defeo |
| Dropsonde Operator | Jeff Newnam |
| Dropsonde Operator | Leonard Miller |
 Proposed NOAA 49 track |
 Final NOAA 49 track |
Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF will conduct NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission on Hurricane Matthew in the southern Bahamas.
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Prepared by National Hurricane Center October 05, 2016 5:47:52 PM Aircraft: N49RF Proposed takeoff: 07/0530Z | |||||||
| DROP LOCATION TABLE | |||||||
| # | LAT | LON | Time | ||||
| deg min | deg min | hr:min | |||||
| 1 | 29 09 | -83 10 | 0:12 | ||||
| 2 | 31 00 | -80 00 | 0:40 | ||||
| 3 | 30 30 | -78 30 | 0:52 | ||||
| 4 | 32 00 | -78 00 | 1:05 | ||||
| 5 | 33 00 | -77 00 | 1:16 | ||||
| 6 | 34 00 | -76 00 | 1:27 | ||||
| 7 | 35 00 | -74 00 | 1:44 | ||||
| 8 | 33 00 | -74 00 | 2:01 | ||||
| 9 | 31 30 | -76 30 | 2:23 | ||||
| 10 | 29 30 | -77 24 | 2:41 | ||||
| 11 | 30 00 | -76 00 | 2:52 | ||||
| 12 | 30 00 | -74 00 | 3:08 | ||||
| 13 | 30 00 | -72 00 | 3:23 | ||||
| 14 | 29 00 | -70 00 | 3:40 | ||||
| 15 | 28 00 | -71 00 | 3:51 | ||||
| 16 | 28 00 | -73 00 | 4:07 | ||||
| 17 | 28 00 | -75 00 | 4:22 | ||||
| 18 | 28 12 | -77 06 | 4:38 | ||||
| 19 | 26 54 | -77 24 | 4:49 | ||||
| 20 | 26 33 | -78 55 | 5:01 | ||||
| 21 | 26 00 | -82 30 | 5:29 | ||||
| 22 | 26 00 | -84 30 | 5:45 | ||||
| 23 | 26 00 | -86 30 | 6:00 | ||||
| 24 | 26 00 | -88 30 | 6:16 | ||||
| 25 | 26 00 | -90 00 | 6:28 | ||||
| 26 | 27 30 | -90 00 | 6:40 | ||||
| 27 | 29 00 | -90 00 | 6:52 | ||||
| 28 | 29 00 | -87 30 | 7:11 | ||||
| 29 | 27 30 | -87 30 | 7:23 | ||||
| 30 | 27 30 | -85 30 | 7:39 | ||||
| 31 | 29 00 | -85 30 | 7:51 | ||||
| Take off | Landing
| MacDill AFB, FL
| 05:53 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL
| 13:45 UTC
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32 dropsondes released, all good but only 31 sent.
Mission Data :
 Flight track |
 Temperature and Moisture |
 Wind and Atlitude |