All three NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft were airborne at the same time today, in and around Hurricane Lorenzo. The G-IV flew a successful HRD research mission in support of the NESDIS Satellite Validation experiment, flying around Lorenzo in a star pattern that sampled the environmental interaction and aligning the pattern with an NOAA-20 overpass to […]
All three aircraft, NOAA42, NOAA43, and NOAA49, are now in Barbados due to Hurricane Lorenzo. NOAA43 spent today conducting a search-and-rescue mission for the tug supply vessel Bourbon Rhode, while NOAA49 conducted its mission as scheduled. For tomorrow, NOAA42 will conduct another search-and-rescue mission for the tug, while NOAA43 and NOAA49 conduct research missions. NOAA49 will […]
Both NOAA43 and NOAA49 are now in Barbados prepared for missions into Hurricane Lorenzo. NOAA49 will conduct a NESDIS Satellite Validation and Diurnal Cycle Experiment, takeoff from Barbados 0800 AST/EDT (1200 UTC). The goal is to sample the region around Lorenzo, including the Saharan Air Layer, and regions deemed sensitive to future forecasts. There will […]
In preparation for research flights into Hurricane Lorenzo, both NOAA43 and NOAA49 will ferry from Lakeland to Barbados Thursday, 26 September. NOAA43 will depart at 1000 EDT (1400 UTC) and NOAA49 will leave one hour later. More details on the specific missions will be provided in tomorrow’s update. For the latest information about tropical cyclones […]
NOAA42 will continue to do research missions into Tropical Storm Jerry tomorrow with a 1030 AST/EDT (1430 UTC) takeoff from St. Croix that will fly the storm, then return to Lakeland. That mission will once again support the TC in Shear and Ocean Winds experiments. In addition, there is a satellite overpass (AMSR2) at approximately […]
NOAA49 will conduct a tropical cyclone in shear research in and around Hurricane Jerry. Takeoff will be from Barbados at 1330 AST (1730 UTC), with recovery in Lakeland about 8 hours later. NOAA42 will be conducting an operational INVEST mission into AL99 just to the east of the Windward Islands, with takeoff at 1030 AST […]
NOAA49 will conduct an operational synoptic surveillance mission around Hurricane Jerry, taking off from Barbados at 130 EDT (1730 UTC), and landing there about 8 hours later. The goal is to gather dropwindsonde data to improve model forecasts of the hurricane. The targets for this mission are Jerry itself and the subtropical ridge to its […]
After completing a research mission around Tropical Storm Jerry today, NOAA49 will switch to operations, with a synoptic surveillance mission Thursday. Takeoff will be at 1:30 pm local time (1730 UTC) from Barbados, with a return there about 8 hours later. The targets are the storm itself and the southwest periphery of the subtropical ridge […]
NOAA49 will conduct a mission in and around Tropical Depression 10, departing Barbados at 0900 local time (1300 UTC), and returning there about 8 hours later. The aircraft will perform a lawnmower pattern to sample the environment and a circumnavigation of the system about 120 n mi from the center. The goal is to sample […]
After completing its fourth mission into Hurricane Humberto Monday, NOAA42 will conduct another NESDIS-tasked Ocean Winds mission into Hurricane Humberto on 17 September, departing Lakeland around 1 pm EDT (1700 UTC) and returning there about 8 hours later. The aircraft will sample Humberto in a figure-four pattern and then perform maneuvers for ocean winds. This […]
