Forecast Discussion for September 4, 2010 Large-scale features The tropics have quieted considerably from the day before. Tropical Storm Earl has made landfall in Nova Scotia and Fiona has dissipated. The main features of interest are now Tropical Depression Eleven-E approaching the Bay of Campeche (labeled ‘2’), the remnants of Gaston (labeled ‘1’), and PGI39L […]
Mission synopsis: 04 Sept 2010 NOAA/IFEX: The P-3s have completed all missions into what is now TS Earl. The final P-3 mission was September 3, 20UTC take-off of N43RF. This P-3 is currently ferrying back to Tampa MacDill AFB. N42RF is at MacDill now. The G-IV is tasked by NHC for a synoptic surveillance mission […]
As Earl continues to accelerate northeastward and weaken as it passes southeast of Long Island (depicted by the black line in the upper left of the images) the final NOAA P-3 mission into Earl collected airborne Doppler radar data to use in initializing and evaluating model guidance. Included here you will see images of the […]
Forecast Discussion for September 3, 2010 Large-scale features The primary features of interest in the Atlantic basin are Hurricane Earl, Tropical Storm Fiona, the remnants of Tropical Depression Gaston (labeled with a ‘1’, and newly named AL99 (labeled with a ‘2’), as seen in Fig. 1. These features are also evident as areas of high […]
As Earl continues to accelerate northward and weaken as it approaches the Delmarva Peninsula (depicted by the black line in the upper left of the images) NOAA P-3 missions continue to collect airborne Doppler radar data to use in initializing and evaluating model guidance. Included here you will see images of the horizontal winds within […]
As Earl continues to accelerate northward and weaken as it approached Cape Hatteras (depicted by the black line in the upper left of the images) NOAA P-3 missions continue to collect airborne Doppler radar data to use in initializing and evaluating model guidance. Included here you will see images of the horizontal winds within the […]
OPERATIONS ****** LAST MESSAGE FOR THIS DEPLOYMENT ******* NOAA P-3s Friday September 3 NOAA-42: N42 landed about 2:45 PM EDT at McDill AFB after an IFEX 3D Doppler missions in H. Earl. NOAA 43: N43 is flying the final IFEX 3D Doppler mission in H. Earl with a 2000 UTC (4:00 PM EDT) takeoff Friday, […]
OPERATIONS NOAA P-3s Thursday September 2 NOAA 43: N43 completed an IFEX 3D Doppler mission in H. Earl with a 2000 UTC (4:00 PM EDT) takeoff Thursday, September 2, starting at McDill AFB/Tampa, landing in Richmond, VA at 11:50 PM EDT. Friday September 3 NOAA-42: CHANGED: N42 is flying an 0800 UTC (4:00 AM EDT) […]
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As Earl starts to accelerate northward and begins weakening as it passes just east of the Florida NOAA P-3 missions continue to collect airborne Doppler radar data to use in initializing and evaluating model guidance. Included here you will see images of the horizontal winds within the inner core of Hurricane Earl sampled from the […]
