OPERATIONS Friday, 2 Oct. 2015 G-IV: Flew an NHC operationally tasked synoptic surveillance mission. This means that the National Hurricane Center requested this flight to collect data around Joaquin. Take off was around 0530 UTC (1:30AM) from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL. No HRD scientists will be on this flight. G-IV: Was scheduled to fly an NHC operationally tasked […]
The article can be found at http://hamptonroads.com/2015/10/predicting-hurricane-joaquin-hasnt-been-easy-weather-man-or-machine.
You can read the article at http://www.techinsider.io/meteorologists-fly-through-hurricanes-2015-10.
On the afternoon of October 3, 1780, a severe hurricane struck Jamaica and destroyed the port city of Savanna-la-Mer. It had already sunk the HMS Monarch which was transporting Spanish prisoners to Kingston. As it approached the island, many villagers were drawn to the shore to witness the heavy surf. They were engulfed in the […]
The engines are on as the G-IV hurricane hunter jet prepares to fly another synoptic surveillance mission. It will take-off around 0530 UTC (1:30AM local) from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL. The jet will fly around Hurricane Joaquin and will sample the upper/mid-level trough east of the storm. The data collected from these flights will go into our computer weather models to […]
The G-IV hurricane hunter jet took off around 1730 UTC (1:30PM local) from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL to fly another synoptic surveillance mission. The jet is currently flying around Hurricane Joaquin. Here is the G-IV flight track. The dots along the flight track indicate the dropwindsonde launch locations.
OPERATIONS Thursday, 1 Oct. 2015 G-IV: Flew an NHC operationally tasked synoptic surveillance mission. This means that the National Hurricane Center requested this flight to collect data around Joaquin. Take off was around 0530 UTC (1:30AM) from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL. No HRD scientists will be on this flight. G-IV: Is scheduled to fly an NHC operationally tasked […]
The G-IV is on the tarmac preparing to fly another synoptic surveillance mission. It will take-off around 0530 UTC (1:30AM local) from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL for an eight hour mission. The jet will fly around Hurricane Joaquin and will continue to sample the upper/mid-level trough over the northeastern Gulf of America and the area just offshore the Carolinas. Here is the […]
The G-IV is scheduled to fly a synoptic surveillance mission today with a take-off time of 1730 UTC (1:30PM local) from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL for an eight hour mission. The jet will fly around Hurricane Joaquin and will sample the upper/mid-level trough over the northeastern Gulf of America and the area just north of it. The data […]
OPERATIONS Wednesday, 30 Sept. 2015 G-IV: Was scheduled to fly a research mission with a take off time 0530 UTC (1:30AM local). This flight was cancelled. The jet was down for repairs. G-IV: Is scheduled to fly an operationally tasked synoptic surveillance mission. This means that the National Hurricane Center has requested this flight to collect […]
