We remain very busy with Hurricane Dorian. NOAA42 is currently conducting a NHC- and EMC-tasked reconnaissance flight into Dorian. On their first pass, they found that Dorian was rapidly intensifying and now had a minimum central pressure of 951 mb from dropsonde, and the stepped-frequency microwave radiometer reported surface wind speed of 112 kt […]
NOAA49 is currently conducting a synoptic surveillance mission around Hurricane Dorian, and NOAA42 just took off from Lakeland for another EMC-tasked mission in Dorian. Details on this flight can be found in yesterday’s update. NOAA49 will conduct another synoptic surveillance mission around Hurricane Dorian, also Lakeland too Lakeland. Takeoff time will also be 0130 EDT […]
Evan presented a seminar titled “Relationship between Tropical Cyclone Genesis in the Main Development Region and Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Atlantic Basin”. ABSTRACT Tropical Cyclone (TC) genesis in the Atlantic basin main development region (MDR) was evaluated from 1972-2015 to determine its relationship with seasonal TC activity. Among other findings, a strong correlation […]
NOAA49 is currently conducting a synoptic surveillance mission around Hurricane Dorian, and NOAA42 is in the midst of its next EMC-tasked mission into the storm. The only change is that NOAA 42 will be taking atmospheric observations when it flies over the NOAA Hurricane Underwater Gliders. Since it is the warm ocean water below Dorian […]
NOAA49 is currently conducting a synoptic surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Dorian, and NOAA42 is set to take off for its next EMC-tasked mission into the storm. Details on these missions can be found in yesterday’s update. After that, the aircraft will get busier, with multiple missions per day. First, NOAA49 is tasked for another […]
NOAA42 is currently conducting an EMC-tasked mission into Tropical Storm Dorian. The aircraft took off from Lakeland this afternoon a little late, and will soon recover in St. Croix. Details of that mission can be found in yesterday’s update. NOAA42 will conduct a second EMC-tasked mission into Tropical Storm Dorian tomorrow. The aircraft will take […]
There will be an EMC-tasked mission into Tropical Storm Dorian Monday, takeoff from Lakeland, FL at 1400 EDT (1800Z), recovering in St. Croix about 8 hours later. The goal of the mission is to obtain data in the core to improve model forecasts. The proposed flight track is shown below. In addition, the National Hurricane […]
The National Hurricane Center has tasked NOAA49 for a synoptic surveillance mission around what is now Tropical Storm Dorian. The aircraft will depart Lakeland at 1730 UTC and recover in St. Croix about 8 h later, after circumnavigating the storm. The purpose of the mission is to obtain dropwindsonde and Doppler radar data to improve forecasts […]
The NESDIS Ocean Winds research team has tasked NOAA42 for a research mission into Tropical Storm Ivo in the East Pacific. The aircraft will depart North Island Naval Air Station at 8am Pacific Daylight time, and recover there eight hours later. No other missions are currently planned. For the latest information about tropical cyclones […]
