NOAA’s G-IV jet is scheduled to fly over Hurricane Arthur. The jet will collect data right over Hurricane Arthur. The flight will take off at 1:30 PM Eastern. Below is the flight track. The numbers on the figure represent the turn points that the aircraft will make. The red dots in the figure show the locations that launch weather balloons twice a […]
HRD OPERATIONS Thursday, July 4, 2014 G-IV: Is tasked to fly a Extratropical Transition research mission over Hurricane Arthur. The jet will take off at 1730 UTC (1:30PM Eastern) from MacDill AFB and recover back at MacDill AFB. No HRDers will be on this flight. ……………………………………………………………………. For the latest information about tropical cyclones and other weather systems, please visit the NOAA/NWS/National […]
The NOAA43 aircraft is scheduled to fly a Tail Doppler Radar Experiment into Hurricane Arthur at 1800 UTC (2PM Eastern) this afternoon. This will be their second flight into Arthur. NOAA43 will take off from MacDill AFB and recover eight hours later. Below is the proposed flight pattern. The numbers on the figure represent the turn points that the aircraft […]
The G-IV jet is scheduled to fly around Hurricane Arthur. This will be the jet’s third flight and it will gather data right over Hurricane Arthur. The flight will take off at 1:30 PM Eastern. Below is the flight track. The numbers on the figure represent the turn points that the aircraft will make. The red dots in the figure show the […]
OPERATIONS Thursday, July 3, 2014 NOAA42: Flew a successful TDR mission into Hurricane Arthur that took off around 0600 UTC (2AM Eastern) and landed eight hours later at MacDill AFB. Three HRD scientists and one intern were on this flight. G-IV: Is tasked to fly a TDR mission over Hurricane Arthur. The jet will take off at 1730 UTC (1:30PM Eastern) from MacDill […]
Proposed flight track for mission NOAA43 is scheduled to take off from MacDill AFB at 2 PM EDT July 3 for the fourth TDR mission into Arthur. These flights are designed to gather Doppler wind information from the core of Arthur and transmit them in real-time so that information can be ingested into computer models.
The NOAA42 aircraft is scheduled to fly a Tail Doppler Radar Experiment into Arthur at 0600 UTC (2AM Eastern) this morning. NOAA42 will take off from MacDill AFB and recover eight hours later. Below is the proposed flight pattern. The numbers on the figure represent the turn points that the aircraft will make. The red dots in the figure show the […]
The NOAA43 aircraft is scheduled to fly a Tail Doppler Radar Experiment into Tropical Storm Arthur at 1800 UTC (2PM Eastern) this afternoon. This will be the first flight for the NOAA43 flight crew of the hurricane season. NOAA43 will take off from MacDill AFB and recover eight hours later. Below is the proposed flight pattern. The numbers on the […]
The G-IV jet is scheduled to fly around Tropical Storm Arthur. This will be the jet’s second flight to sample the environment around Arthur. The flight will take off at 1:30 PM Eastern. Below is the flight track. The dots represent the GPS dropwindsonde launch locations. Update: NOAA49 accomplished its Synoptic Surveillance mission and has returned to […]
OPERATIONS Wednesday, July 2, 2014 NOAA42: Flew a TDR mission into TS Arthur that took off around 0600 UTC (2AM Eastern) and landed eight hours later in MacDill AFB. Three HRD scientists and one intern were on this flight. G-IV: Is tasked by NHC to fly a synoptic surveillance mission around TS Arthur taking off at 1730 UTC (1:30PM Eastern) from MacDill and recover […]
