DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE Air Force Reserve Command MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler 27 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Mission Type | Tropical Storm | | Tasking | 12z & 18z Fixes on TS Sandy at28.8N 76.7W | | Mission ID | 5302 1518A SANDY | | Departure Base/Time | kbix 10/27/12 09:10 | | Arrival Base/Time | ksvn 10/27/12 19:05 | | Flight Time | 9.9 hours | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- F I X P O I N T S ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Latitude | Longitude | SLP | MWnd | SWS | | | Date/Time | dd mm N/S | ddd mm E/W | mb | kt | kt | Hurricane | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 10/27/12 11:50 | 28 46 N | 076 48 W | 958 | 91 | 67 | X | | 10/27/12 14:05 | 28 53 N | 075 58 W | 959 | 61 | 61 | X | | 10/27/12 15:37 | 29 18 N | 075 44 W | 960 | 52 | 40 | X | | 10/27/12 17:24 | 29 38 N | 075 35 W | 961 | 67 | 48 | X | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- C R E W R O S T E R ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |AC | Anderson | |CP | Allen | |Nav | Smith | |ARWO | Brady | |LM | Barnaby | |OTHER| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- REMARKS: Tasked for Center Drops - from FL050. Max wind band in NW Quad if there is a max wind band. After first fix, and capturing 91kt flt level winds and 67 kt SFMR winds (verified visually), Sandy was Re-Upgraded to Hurricane status. First fix equals another PENNIE. 4 center drops (only 3 transmitted - 1 failed after it splashed and we were too far outbound to go back) 1 NW Quad drop near outbound recco point to verify SFMR. 4 Fixes (Both 12z and 18z on time) Satcom failed between CARCAH and this plane only. Plane could still send to KBIX and K403. Manually sent data after 3rd fix to K403, who would then foward to KNHC. Not sure what happened. Very Frustrating!!!! Radar Recorder file showed 0 bytes recorded at end of mission! No Radar recorder file again! Additional frustration. Penetrations Logged: ARWO:____________________________________ Penetrations Verified: Verifier:____________________________________ Penetrations Posted: Awards:____________________________________