It is Friday, Sept 8, 2017, and the NOAA hurricane hunters continue to fly and collect data. Every flight gives us up to date information on how powerful Hurricane Irma is. Today we have several flights scheduled. The G-IV jet and the P3 are already in flight gathering data. The jet took off at 1:30 AM […]
OPERATIONS Thursday, 7 Sept. 2017 G-IV: The G-IV was tasked by NHC for a synoptic surveillance mission around Hurricane Irma. Takeoff was around 0530 UTC (1:30 AM ET) from Lakeland, FL. No HRD scientists were on this flight. NOAA42: No flights are scheduled. Friday, 8 Sept. 2017 G-IV: The G-IV is tasked by NHC for a […]
NOAA’s hurricane hunter G-IV jet will continue to gather data around Hurricane Irma. It is scheduled to take off from Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in LA at 1:30 AM ET. The data collected will go into the NOAA weather models. The data is also used by forecasters at the National Hurricane Center (NHC). It is […]
NOAA’s G-IV will fy today around Hurricane Irma. Take off time is set for 1:30 PM ET (1730 UTC) from Barbados. The crew has been tracking Irma for a few days now. With each flight we learn more and more how Irma interacts with the surrounding environment. The jet will also sample the ridge northwest of […]
OPERATIONS Wednesday, 6 Sept. 2017 NOAA42: The P3 will ferry back to the US. G-IV: The G-IV is tasked by NHC for a synoptic surveillance mission around Hurricane Irma. Takeoff is scheduled for 1730 UTC (1:30 PM ET) from Barbados. This flight will recover back in Lakeland, FL. No HRD scientists will be on this flight. […]
NOAA’s Hurricane hunter P3 aircraft is in flight and on its way to collect data inside Hurricane Irma. This eight-hour flight will gather atmospheric data that will go into NOAA’s weather forecast models. The flight took off at 4 PM ET (2000 UTC) from Barbados. Below is the proposed flight track. The dots on the flight […]
NOAA’s hurricane hunter G-IV jet aircraft is set to take off at 1:30 PM ET (1730 UTC) from Barbados to fly around Hurricane Irma. This flight will gather data around Irma’s environment. Knowing the environmental conditions helps us better understand Irma’s future track and intensity. Below is the proposed flight track. The dots on the G-IV flight […]
OPERATIONS Tuesday, 5 Sept. 2017 NOAA42: The P3 flew a mission into Hurricane Irma tasked NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Center. This Tail Doppler Radar mission took off around 1000 UTC (4 AM ET) from Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados. Three HRD scientists were on this flight. G-IV: The G-IV is tasked by NHC for a synoptic surveillance mission around Hurricane Irma. Takeoff […]
Our colleagues at AOC have provided a time-lapse video of our research flight into Hurricane Irma. This video has been edited for time and shows the take off, approach to the storm, and the first of several eye passes. Unfortunately, the rest of the flight was at night. Irma was a Category Three at the […]
The NOAA42 P3 aircraft took off from Barbados at 4 AM ET (1000 UTC) this morning. It is on its way to gather critical data inside Hurricane Irma. This flight is tasked by NOAA’s EMC. They run NOAA’s weather forecast models and the data from this flight and the previous flights is going into the […]
