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 Synoptic Surveillance mission around Dorian. The aircraft and crew will take off from Barbados at 1730 UTC and recover back in Lakeland 8.5 hour later after performing two circumnavigations around Dorian and sampling the upper-level low to Dorian’s northwest. The purpose of the mission is now to gather dropwindsonde data to improve model forecasts before potential impacts in the U. S. mainland.
NOAA42 will then depart Barbados at 2000 UTC for a third EMC-tasked mission in Damian. The aircraft will sample the storm with a rotated figure-4 pattern (four passes through the center) before recovering back in Lakeland about 8 hours later. The goal of the mission is to obtain radar, dropwindsonde, flight-level, and surface data in the core to improve model forecasts.
NOAA49 is tasked to depart Lakeland at 0530 UTC early Thursday for another Synoptic Surveillance mission around Dorian. The mission will be round-robin, Lakeland to Lakeland, and will last approximately 8.5 hours. The aircraft will again perform two circumnavigations around Dorian and will also sample the upper-level low to Dorian’s northwest. The purpose of the mission is now to gather dropwindsonde data to improve model forecasts before potential impacts in the U. S. mainland. 
The final tasking currently is for another EMC-tasked mission in Damian. NOAA42 will take off from Lakeland at 0800 UTC and recover back there about 8 hours later after sampling the core with dropwindsondes and Doppler radar to improve model forecasts. And the outlook is for two-per-day missions with both NOAA42 and NOAA49 the next day as well.
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