The NOAA43 aircraft is scheduled to fly a Tail Doppler Radar Experiment into Tropical Storm Ingrid at 1200 UTC (2PM Eastern). They are planning to fly a figure four pattern and collect data. They will take off from MacDill AFB and recover back there eight hours later. Below is the proposed flight pattern. The numbers on the figure […]
The Air Force Hurricane Hunters flew early this morning into Tropical Storm Ingrid. HRD generated H*Wind surface wind analysis contour plots with the data collected. Take a look. http://1.usa.gov/14RPH1e
On September 13, 1988, a NOAA research flight into Hurricane Gilbert as it approached the Yucatan Peninsula measured a record low central pressure for Atlantic hurricanes of 888 mb. This broke the previous record of 892 mb for the Labor Day hurricane of 1935 and stood until Hurricanes Rita and then Wilma in 2005. There […]
On September 13, 2008 Hurricane Ike came ashore near Galveston, TX bringing a considerable storm surge. In the United States, Ike killed over 100 people and inflicted nearly $30 billion in damage. During its rampage through the Greater Antilles and up to its Texas landfall, HRD participated in ten research flights plus an additional post-storm […]
The G-IV Jet is scheduled to fly into Tropical Depression Ten located in the Bay of Campeche. Take off for this eight-hour flight is scheduled for 1330 UTC (9:30AM Eastern) from MacDill AFB. The jet will fly concentric circles (see figure below) and sample the system for potential development. The numbers denote the GPS dropwindsonde launch […]
OPERATIONS Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013 No NOAA operational flights are scheduled for today. NOAA43: Is scheduled to ferry back to MacDill AFB from St. Croix this afternoon. Friday, Sept. 13, 2013 G-IV: Is tasked by HRD to fly a Tail Doppler Radar Experiment into AL93 (Bay of Campeche). Take off time is scheduled for 1300 UTC (9AM […]
. A dropwindsonde just after release from the ASTRA aircraft. September 1 marks the tenth anniversary of the first flight of Taiwan’s ASTRA jet around a typhoon as part of Dropwindsonde Observations for Typhoon Surveillance near the TAiwan Region (DOTSTAR). Built on work pioneered at HRD, dropswindsondes are released from an altitude of 43,000 […]
On September 12, 1928 a major Cape Verde hurricane struck the Leeward Islands. The amount of warning time varied by island, but Guadeloupe apparently received no advanced warning and the unprepared island suffered 1200 deaths. The total for other nearby islands was less than fifty. The hurricane’s rampage was far from over. It struck Puerto […]
OPERATIONS Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 NOAA43: Is scheduled to fly a NESDIS Ocean Winds and Rain Experiment into Tropical Storm Gabrielle. The purpose of this flight is to collect data with the Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler instrument. No HRD scientists will be on this flight. Take off time is scheduled for 1900 UTC (3PM Eastern) from St. […]
OPERATIONS Monday, Sept. 9, 2013 NOAA43: The flight that was tentatively scheduled for today is postponed until tomorrow. Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 NOAA43: Is scheduled to fly a NESDIS Ocean Winds and Rain Experiment in coordination with NASA’s Global Hawk (AV-1) into the remnants of Gabrielle. The purpose of this flight is to do some instrument inter-comparisons among both aircraft. No […]
