DEPARMENT OF THE AIR FORCE Air Force Reserve Command MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler 02 Sep 10 FROM: 53 WRS Flight Meteorologist SUBJECT: Mission Summary Report G E N E R A L I N F O R M A T I O N ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Mission Type | Hurricane | | Tasking | 02 Sep 06 & 12Z fixes. 28.4N 074.7W | | Mission ID | 5300 1207A EARL | | Departure Base/Time | TISX 09/02/10 02:30 | | Arrival Base/Time | KBIX 09/02/10 14:30 | | Flight Time | 12.0 hours | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- F I X P O I N T S ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Latitude | Longitude | SLP | MWnd | SWS | | | Date/Time | dd mm N/S | ddd mm E/W | mb | kt | kt | Hurricane | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 09/02/10 05:29 | 28 26 N | 074 18 W | 931 | 125 | 112 | X | | 09/02/10 07:05 | 28 47 N | 074 32 W | 929 | 141 | 117 | X | | 09/02/10 08:49 | 29 12 N | 074 35 W | 932 | 118 | 91 | X | | 09/02/10 11:01 | 29 47 N | 074 42 W | 935 | 128 | 107 | X | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- C R E W R O S T E R ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |AC | Borsi | |CP | Hamblin | |Nav | Caulder, Stanton | |ARWO | Dutton | |LM | Pettross | |OTHER| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- REMARKS: Hurr EARL, 02 Sep 0600 and 1200Z fixes. Sondes at fixes and max wind bands in NE/NW quadrants, 8 total. SFMR worked well. 9 sondes released, but only 7 good. Missed 1 max wind sonde. Coords updated inflight to 28.6N 074.4W. 0600Z and 1200Z fixes on time. EARL was Cat 4 to start, but weakened slightly on fourth fix. Frequent SVR TURBC on second fix (outbound eyewall), infrequent MDT TURBC on third fix (inbound and outbound eyewalls), infrequent turbc and infrequent ltg other times. Penetrations Logged: 0 ARWO:____________________________________ Penetrations Verified: Verifier:____________________________________ Penetrations Posted: Awards:____________________________________