Photos from inside Earl
Here are some photos taken of the eye of Earl on August 30th from the NOAA flights into the storm taken by AOML/Hurricane Research Division scientists.
Multi-agency Mission Science Summary – September 6, 2010
Mission synopsis: 06 Sept 2010 NOAA/IFEX: P3/GIV: There are currently no operational or research taskings for the NOAA P-3s and G-IV. Extended: NOAA will continue to watch Gaston and if it becomes a viable target for operations based from Tampa. NOAA is also watching Hermine in the Gulf, but any missions would involve long ferries – […]
Tri-agency Forecast Discussion – September 5, 2010
Forecast Discussion for September 5, 2010 Large-scale features The tropics have quieted considerably from the day before, with now only one tropical cyclone globally, and that in the West Pacific. The main features of interest in the Atlantic are a broad area of low pressure in the Bay of Campeche (labeled ‘2’) and the remnants […]
Tri-agency Forecast Discussion – September 4, 2010
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 […]
Multi-agency Mission Science Summary – September 4, 2010
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 […]
Doppler radar quick-looks from 4PM P-3 flight, 3 September 2010
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 […]
Tri-agency Forecast Discussion – September 3, 2010
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 […]
Doppler radar quick-looks from 4AM P-3 flight, 3 September 2010
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 […]
Doppler radar quick-looks from 4PM P-3 flight, 2 September 2010
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 […]
HFP Update… Friday, September 3, 2010 AT 4:00 PM EDT
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, […]
