In the October 1921 issue of the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Sakuhei Fujiwhara, of the Central Meteorological Observatory of Tokyo, published an article on theoretical considerations of the interactions of a vortex in a fluid, in particular between two vortices. He described how when two vortices approached each other they would tend to […]
NOAA43 will fly again into Hurricane Matthew. It will take off at 2PM Eastern (1800 UTC) from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL for an eight hour mission. The dots on the flight track (shown in green) represent the aircraft turn points. The red dots in the figure show the locations that launch weather balloons twice a day […]
OPERATIONS Wednesday, 5 Oct. 2016 G-IV: Flew a synoptic surveillance mission around Matthew with a take off time of 0530 UTC (1:30AM Eastern) to and from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL. One HRD scientist was on this flight. NOAA43: Flew a Tail Doppler Radar mission into Matthew. Take off was around 2:00AM (0600 UTC) to and from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL. Four HRD […]
Engines are on as NOAA’s hurricane hunter P3 gets ready for take off to fly into Hurricane Matthew. NOAA43 will take off at 2AM Eastern (0600 UTC) from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL for an eight hour mission. Just like the G-IV jet, the P3 will fly missions twice a day. Below is the proposed […]
NOAA’s G-IV jet will fly twice today around Hurricane Matthew. The first flight is scheduled to take off at 1:30AM (0530 UTC) the second flight will take off twelve hours later at 1:30 PM (1730 UTC). These flights are based out of MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL. These back to back flights help us understand how quickly the […]
On October 5, 1966, severe Hurricane Inez rampaged through the Florida Keys. The storm had wrought a path of destruction from Guadeloupe to Hispañola and Cuba before threatening Florida. Afterward, it brought misery to the Yucatan Peninsula and the Mexican Gulf coast. It also became a benchmark for major hurricanes within the research community. Inez […]
The G-IV is ready for a flight today around Hurricane Matthew. A new flight crew is ready for take off today at 1:30 PM (1730 UTC) from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL. This is the sixth flight for the G-IV jet. Below is the flight track. The dots on the track indicate the dropsonde launch locations.
OPERATIONS Tuesday, 4 Oct. 2016 G-IV: Was scheduled to fly a synoptic surveillance mission around Matthew with a take off time of 0530 UTC (1:30AM Eastern). This flight was cancelled. NOAA43: No flights scheduled. G-IV: Is scheduled to fly a synoptic surveillance mission around Matthew. Take off is scheduled for 1730 UTC (1:30PM Eastern) to and from MacDill […]
The G-IV continues to monitor Hurricane Matthew. The jet will take off today at 1:30 PM (1730 UTC) from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL. Below is the flight track for the G-IV jet. It will collect data in the environment around Matthew. The dots on the track indicate the dropsonde launch locations.
OPERATIONS Monday, 3 Oct. 2016 NOAA43: Is scheduled ferry back to MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL. No HRD scientists will be on this flight. G-IV: Is scheduled to fly a synoptic surveillance mission around Matthew. Take off is scheduled for 1730 UTC (1:30PM Eastern) to and from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL. No HRD scientists will […]
