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 […]
NOAA’s G-IV jet and the P3 will fly this afternoon. The G-IV will takeoff at 1:30 PM ET (1730 UTC) and fly around Irma. While the jet collects data around the environment of Irma the P3 goes inside. The P3 is scheduled to takeoff from Barbados at 4 PM ET (2000 UTC. This is the […]
OPERATIONS Monday, 4 Sept. 2017 NOAA42: The P3 flew a mission into Hurricane Irma tasked by NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Center. This Tail Doppler Radar mission took off around 0900 UTC (3 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. […]
This is the second flight in the series of flights into Hurricane Irma. NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Center is interested in data from these flights and has tasked a series of them. The P3 will depart from Barbados at 3 AM (0900 UTC) to fly into Hurricane Irma. The data collected will go into the numerical […]
The NOAA42 P3 aircraft begins a series of flights into Hurricane Irma. This flight tasked by NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Center departed from Barbados around 3 PM (1900 UTC) to fly into Hurricane Irma. The data from this eight-hour flight will go into the numerical weather prediction models. Below is the proposed flight track. The dots […]
OPERATIONS Sunday, 3 Sept. 2017 G-IV: The jet will ferry down to the islands to prepare for future flights around Hurricane Irma. NOAA42: The P3 is tasked by NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Center for a Tail Doppler Radar mission into Hurricane Irma. Takeoff is scheduled for 1900 UTC (3 PM ET) from Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados. Two HRD […]
OPERATIONS Saturday, 2 Sept. 2017 NOAA42: The P3 will ferry from Lakeland, FL to Barbados to prepare for upcoming flights into Hurricane Irma. G-IV: No flights are scheduled. Sunday, 3 Sept. 2017 G-IV: The jet will ferry down to the Caribbean to prepare for future flights around Irma. NOAA42: The P3 is tasked by NOAA’s […]
OPERATIONS Friday, 1 Sept. 2017 NOAA42: No flights are scheduled. G-IV: No flights are scheduled. Saturday, 2 Sept. 2017 G-IV: No flights are scheduled. NOAA42: The P3 will ferry from Lakeland, FL to Barbados to prepare for upcoming flights into Hurricane Irma. ……………………………………………………………………. For the latest information about tropical cyclones and other weather systems, please […]
The Hurricane Research Division of AOML conducted a series of Tail Doppler Radar missions into Hurricane Harvey including when it was a Category-Four storm approaching the Texas coast. While carrying out their duties, our scientists took photographs of the eye of the storm as well as of those involved in the flights. You can find […]
OPERATIONS Friday, 25 Aug. 2017 NOAA42: N42RF is flying an EMC-tasked Tail Doppler Radar mission into Harvey. They took off around 1400 UTC (10AM ET) from Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, FL around. Four HRD scientists will be on this flight. NASA EPOCH-NOAA UAS Global Hawk: No flights are scheduled. G-IV: No flights are scheduled. Saturday, 26 […]
