THIS IS MGOC WITH AN HFP UPDATE … Tuesday, June 29, 2010 AT 9 AM EDT OPERATIONS NOAA P-3s NOAA-42: NOAA-42 returned from T.S. Alex last night early after shutting down an engine. Due to the length of time necessary for the repair, additional missions are cancelled until further notice from AOC. NOAA 43: Unavailable. […]
NOAA 44, AOC’s latest addition to its P-3 fleet, sits in its hangar at MacDill AFB, FL undergoing maintenance and upgrading. This plane is scheduled to be used for NOAA’s air quality monitoring and is not intended for use in hurricane research. It will, however, free up the other two P-3s so they can be […]
OPERATIONS NOAA P-3s NOAA-42: Plans are for N42 to begin IFEX and 3D Doppler missions in T.S. Alex … with departure from MacDill AFB Monday, 6/28/10 at 4 PM EDT (2000 UT). Missions would continue every 12 hours, with the next mission’s departure Tuesday, June 29/10 at 4 AM. Missions would continue on this schedule […]
OPERATIONS NOAA P-3s NOAA-42 is scheduled to begin back-to-back (approximately) 8 hour missions in TS Alex in support of EMC. The first mission will depart MacDill AFB at 4 AM Monday, June 28, 2010, and return to MacDill AFB. The second mission is scheduled to departure from MacDill AFB at 4 PM, Monday, June 28, […]
OPERATIONS NOAA P-3s NOAA-42: Tentative plans are for N42 to begin12-hourly IFEX and 3D Doppler missions in TS Alex … with departure from MacDill AFB Monday, June 28, 2010 at 4 AM. The follow-on mission will depart 4 PM Monday June 28. Missions would continue on this schedule until the system makes landfall, dissipates, or […]
The presentation from today’s DA meeting are available on the anonymous ftp site as a zip archive at: ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/pub/hrd/blog/meetings/2010/DA/20100624.ppt.zip
NOAA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) team, consisting of members from OAR and NESDIS, received a group award from the NASA Associate Administrator for Science. AOML Director, Bob Atlas, accepted the award on behalf of the team, which includes AOML/HRD’s Jason Dunion, at an awards ceremony at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory on June 15. This […]
THIS IS MGOC WITH AN HFP UPDATE … Friday, June 25, 2010 AT 3 PM EDT OPERATIONS NOAA P-3s NOAA-42: Currently flying an approximately 9 h oil spill monitoring mission over the Gulf of America, today (Friday, June 25, 2010). Departure from MacDill AFB was at 8:53 AM EDT (1253 UT), returning to MacDill AFB […]
Prof. Dev Niyogi from Purdue University visited HRD from 23-25 June. The recording of Pro. Niyogi’s seminar on “Role of land surface feedback on mesoscale convection and rainfall” is available online at: ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/pub/blog/seminars/2010/Niyogi_HRD_seminar_20100625.wmv
SYNOPTIC SITUATION: AL-93 continues to be disorganized in a strongly sheared environment. Development is not likely during the next 24 hours. OPERATIONS NOAA P-3s NOAA-42 is scheduled for an approximately 8 h oil spill monitorong mission over the Gulf of America, Friday, June 25, 2010. Departure and return from MacDill AFB. NOAA-43 is not currently […]
