We are near the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season and there are a few storms out there. The NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft are ready to fly today in and around Hurricane Jose. First up is the the G-IV jet. It is scheduled to take off at 1:30 PM ET (1730 UTC) from Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, Lakeland, FL. The jet will fly around Jose and also collect data over the upper-level trough just to the north and west of Jose. Below is the flight track. The dots represent the dropwindsonde launch locations.
The P3 (NOAA42) aircraft will take off at 4 PM ET (2000 UTC) from Lakeland, FL. NOAA42 will fly inside Hurricane Jose and collect data. This data will be sent in real-time to NOAA’s weather prediction models. Below is their scheduled flight track. The dots on the flight track below (shown in green) represent the P3 aircraft turn points. The red dots in the figure show the locations that launch weather balloons twice a day while the purple dots are the locations that launch balloons once a day.
