DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
Air Force Reserve Command
MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler 24-25 Oct 12
FROM: 53 WRS Flight Meteorologist
SUBJECT: Mission Summary Report
G E N E R A L I N F O R M A T I O N
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| Mission Type | Hurricane |
| Tasking | 0518A HURRICANE SANDY 00Z FIX (AND 06Z IF POSSIBLE) |
| Mission ID | 5302 0518A SANDY |
| Departure Base/Time | KBIX 10/24/12 20:00 |
| Arrival Base/Time | KBIX 10/25/12 08:30 |
| Flight Time | 12.5 hours |
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F I X P O I N T S
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| | Latitude | Longitude | SLP | MWnd | SWS | |
| Date/Time | dd mm N/S | ddd mm E/W | mb | kt | kt | Hurricane |
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| 10/25/12 00:10 | 18 48 N | 076 28 W | 964 | 81 | 79 | X |
| 10/25/12 01:46 | 19 01 N | 076 21 W | 961 | 89 | 74 | X |
| 10/25/12 02:35 | 19 13 N | 076 16 W | 957 | 92 | 81 | X |
| 10/25/12 04:14 | 19 34 N | 076 06 W | 957 | 117 | 91 | X |
| 10/25/12 05:05 | 19 50 N | 076 06 W | 955 | 79 | 95 | X |
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C R E W R O S T E R
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|AC | HUDGINS |
|CP | RUTLAND, DEROCHE |
|Nav | SMITH |
|ARWO | BRADY |
|LM | BLAIR |
|OTHER| |
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REMARKS:
Tasked for 00z fix (and 06z if possible - if eye comes off the N.
Coast of Cuba and
we're able).
Minimum - 00z fix - center and max wind drops requested.
Flown at FL100.
Original coordinates from POD were 18.9N, 77.0W
Coords changed to 19.1N, 76.6W during CARCAH Pre Brief.
1 Drop Between Florida Keys and Cuba to verify SFMR Winds.
SFMR showed 34kts at release time - Sonde showed: 44kts
No Storm Drops - Drop Pallet Computer Screen died and went black.
Couldn't recover.
Fixed storm with plane only - no sondes.
In troubleshooting Drop Pallet - Radar recorder got turned off.
Missed radar recording of first fix.
Actual Coords of storm center on first fix was 18deg48min N and
076deg28min W.
Got the 0600z fix at 0500z just before storm made landfall.
Rapidly increasing storm - each fix had higher winds, lower pressure,
and higher inner core temp.
5 total fixes (counted as "Pennies"), 1 drop (not in storm environment)
Cuba overflight worked fine for both en route and back home, and fixing storm
in Cuba's waters.
We passed coords/storm movement to Havana, Cuba with each pass.
They were EXTREMELY GRATEFUL!!!
We also passed coords/storm movement to GTMO Tower also.
Plane returned in ALPHA 3 status for Drop Pallet Computer Screen INOP, Lost
DeIcing Capabilities, and Lost Mode C ability to report acft altitude.
jwb
Penetrations Logged: 0 ARWO:____________________________________
Penetrations Verified: Verifier:____________________________________
Penetrations Posted: Awards:____________________________________