DEPARMENT OF THE AIR FORCE Air Force Reserve Command MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler 31 Oct 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 | 31 Oct 1800Z TOMAS 14.4N 064.3W. | | Mission ID | 5309 0421A TOMAS | | Departure Base/Time | TISX 10/31/10 16:25 | | Arrival Base/Time | TISX 10/31/10 21:00 | | Flight Time | 4.6 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 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 10/31/10 17:29 | 14 13 N | 064 15 W | 994 | 48 | 64 | X | | 10/31/10 18:58 | 14 18 N | 064 34 W | 995 | 65 | 61 | X | | 10/31/10 20:00 | 14 22 N | 064 47 W | 996 | 74 | 42 | X | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- C R E W R O S T E R ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |AC | Anderson, T | |CP | Schulz | |Nav | Caulder | |ARWO | Dutton | |LM | Scherzer | |OTHER| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- REMARKS: Coords chgd to 14.1N 064.3W shortly before takeoff. After first fix, storm apparently not stack and has been filling. Storm also moving faster than forecast, 285/13 kts vs 285/9 kts forecast. Max winds on third fix found on outbound leg, inbound only had 38 kts FL, 42 kts SFC. Almost all convection in N - E quadrants. And light turbc with most of it. Never saw any lightning. SFMR appeared to read a little low. Lowered SST to get a better number. Penetrations Logged: 3 ARWO:____________________________________ Penetrations Verified: Verifier:____________________________________ Penetrations Posted: Awards:____________________________________