HRD Monthly Science Meeting of July 2010
The presentation from today’s Science meeting are available on the anonymous ftp site as a zip archive at: ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/pub/blog/meetings/2010/science/HRD_scimeet_20100708.ppt
2010 HFP IFEX forecast and mission planning discussion – 7 July 2010
Forecast scenario The target for today remains AL96, which has moved off the northwest section of the Yucatan peninsula. Infrared imagery at 1215 UTC (Fig. July7-1) shows that the circulation that had been sampled during the previous two missions has limited precipitation associated with it. Some cloud tops as cold as -60 C are located […]
Composite airborne Doppler and dropwindsonde wind analyses – TD02
Composite 3-D wind analyses using Doppler wind analyses and dropwindsondes for NOAA IFEX WP-3D missions into TD02 are available at: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Storm_pages/td022010/radar.html
HRD seminar – Dr. Mark Powell AOML/HRD, 7 July 2010
The recording of Dr. Powell’s seminar on “Offshore Wind Energy: Prospects for Florida and the Gulf of America” is available online at: ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/pub/blog/seminars/2010/Powell_HRD_Seminar_20100707.wmv
Hurricane Field Program Update … Wednesday July 7, 2010 AT 11 AM EDT
OPERATIONS NOAA P-3s NOAA-42: N42 is continuing IFEX Genesis and 3D Doppler missions in AL96 … with the next departure from MacDill AFB Wdnesday 7/7/10 at 4 PM EDT (2000 UT). The final mission will (barring mechanical problems) be departing Thursday, July 8/10 at 4 AM. A final decision on the 4 AM flight will […]
2010 HFP IFEX forecast and mission planning discussion – 6 July 2010
Forecast scenario The activity over the Atlantic basin is confined to a system in the NW Caribbean, AL96. This system consisted of a cluster of showers and thunderstorms with fairly cold cloud tops over the Yucatan channel near the peninsula (Fig. July6-1). These showers and thunderstorms have persisted for 24-36 h, and in fact looked […]
Hurricane Field Program Update … Tuesday July 6, 2010 AT 11 AM EDT
OPERATIONS NOAA P-3s NOAA-42: Plans are for N42 to begin IFEX Genesis and 3D Doppler missions in AL96 … with departure from MacDill AFB Tuesday 7/6/10 at 4 PM EDT (2000 UT). Missions would continue every 12 hours, with the next mission’s departure Wednesday, July 7/10 at 4 AM. Missions would continue on this schedule […]
Hurricane Field Program Update … Monday,July 5, 2010 at 12:30 PM EDT
OPERATIONS NOAA P-3s NOAA-42 is scheduled to begin back-to-back (approximately) 8 h GENESIS missions in AL96. The first mission, with 3 HRD scientists aboard, will depart MacDill AFB at 4 PM, Tuesday, July 6, 2010, and return to MacDill AFB. The second mission, with 3 HRD scientists aboard, is scheduled to depart from MacDill AFB […]
Surface wind swath for Hurricane Alex
Preliminary H*Wind surface wind swath is now available for Hurricane Alex. Check it out: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Storm_pages/alex2010/wind.html
H*Wind analyses for Hurricane Alex
Surface wind analyses are available for Hurricane Alex through 0430Z 1 July. http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Storm_pages/alex2010/wind.html
