DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
Air Force Reserve Command
MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler 30 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 (landfall)
| Tasking | 18-21-00Z Fixes 37.5N 71.8W
| Mission ID | 5308 2418A SANDY
| Departure Base/Time | KSVN 10/29/12 15:25
| Arrival Base/Time | KSVN 10/30/12 01:55
| Flight Time | 10.5 hours
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F I X P O I N T S
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| | Latitude | Longitude | SLP | MXW| SWS | |
| | mb | kt | kt | Hurricane
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| 10/29/12 17:45 | 38 19 N | 073 07 W | 942 | 58 | 72 | X |
| 10/29/12 19:17 | 38 29 N | 073 45 W | 941 | 101 | 59 | X |
| 10/29/12 20:51 | 38 41 N | 073 57 W | 944 | 88 | 69 | X |
| 10/29/12 22:12 | 38 55 N | 074 12 W | 947 | 64 | 46 | X |
| 10/29/12 23:08 | 39 12 N | 074 18 W | 945 | 70 | 54 |Post Tropical
| 10/29/12 23:35 | 39 18 N | 074 26 W | 946 | 61 | 56 |Post Tropical
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Storm declared "Post Tropical" at 2300Z (7 pm EDT), with 946 mb pressure and hurricane
force winds: do these count for pennies?
C R E W R O S T E R
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|AC | Cross
|CP | BlairB, PiercefieldT
|Nav | ClarkA
|ARWO | HendryV
|LM | CumboR
|OTHER | Media - docu guys and combat camera
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REMARKS:
around takeoff time, coords were updated to 38.1N with a new movement 310/18
Initial fix was 78 nm from the coords passed at showtime
There was a strong convective band with a sharp point near where we
fixed the ctr on the first few passes, significant turbc, so we went around it
There were other instances of blobs of turbc flashing ahead of us, or
just off to the side, but we did not hit anything real bad on any of those
Penetrations Logged: 6 ARWO:____________________________________
Penetrations Verified: Verifier:____________________________________
Penetrations Posted: Awards:____________________________________