OPERATIONS Monday, 29 Aug. 2016 NOAA43: Completed an NHC operationally tasked reconnaissance mission into Tropical Disturbance Nine (TD9).This means that the National Hurricane Center requested this flight. Take off was at 0430 UTC (1230AM Eastern) to and from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL. Three HRD scientists were on this flight. NOAA43: Is scheduled to fly an NHC operationally tasked reconnaissance mission […]
OPERATIONS Sunday, 28 Aug. 2016 NOAA43: Is scheduled to fly an NHC operationally tasked reconnaissance mission into AL99, the tropical disturbance located in the Florida Straits. This means that the National Hurricane Center requested this flight. Take off is scheduled for 1700 UTC (1PM Eastern) to and from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL. Two HRD scientists will be […]
OPERATIONS Saturday, 27 Aug. 2016 Global Hawk: Is scheduled to land in NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, VA. around 6PM Eastern after flying over Gaston. This flight is part of NOAA’s Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology (SHOUT) field campaign. NOAA43: Was scheduled to fly a Genesis Experiment research mission into AL99 the tropical disturbance located south of Andros […]
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OPERATIONS Friday, 26 Aug. 2016 NOAA43: Flew a Genesis/Rapid Intensification Experiment research mission into AL99 – the tropical disturbance in southeastern Bahamas. Take off was scheduled for 0600 UTC (2AM Eastern) to and from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL. Four HRD scientists were on this flight. The 1800 UTC (2PM Eastern) flight was cancelled for today. Global Hawk: […]
The NOAA43 hurricane hunter aircraft will fly into the tropical disturbance located in southeastern Bahamas. The aircraft will take off at 2:00AM eastern time for an eight hour mission to and from MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL. The goal is to collect data in and around the tropical disturbance. Below is the flight track. The […]
The NOAA43 aircraft will fly again into AL99 – the tropical disturbance north of Hispaniola. The aircraft will take off at 2:00PM eastern time for an eight hour mission to and from MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL. The science objective of this flight is just like the first flight: to collect data in the environment as […]
OPERATIONS Thursday, 25 Aug. 2016 Global Hawk: The unmanned aircraft landed this morning at 1000 UTC (6AM) after flying over Tropical Storm Gaston. This flight is part of NOAA’s Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology (SHOUT) field campaign. It landed at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, VA. NOAA43: Flew a Genesis/Rapid Intensification Experiment research mission into […]
On August 26, 1966, Hurricane Faith brushed the Antilles with outer rain bands and gusty winds. But Faith went into the record books not because of her destruction, but because of her long track. Over 17 days, Faith tracked over nearly 8000 miles (12,700 km) of the Atlantic Ocean, from the deep tropics near the […]
The NOAA43 aircraft is ready to fly into AL99 – the tropical disturbance north of Hispaniola. The aircraft will take off at 2:00AM eastern time for an eight hour mission to and from MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL. The science objective of this flight is to collect data in the environment as well as the inner […]
