DEPARMENT OF THE AIR FORCE Air Force Reserve Command MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler 20 Aug 11 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 | Tropical Storm | | Tasking | 20/00Z 16.3N 085.0W 3 fixes 75nm legs drops at fixes | | Mission ID | 5308 0408A HARVEY | | Departure Base/Time | KBIX 08/19/11 20:05 | | Arrival Base/Time | KBIX 08/20/11 05:03 | | Flight Time | 9.0 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 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 08/19/11 23:27 | 16 05 N | 084 36 W | 999 | 34 | 31 | | | 08/20/11 00:40 | 16 06 N | 084 46 W | 998 | 52 | 43 | | | 08/20/11 01:37 | 16 09 N | 084 59 W | 997 | 53 | 39 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- C R E W R O S T E R ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |AC | Devlin | |CP | Lane, Ryan | |Nav | Dobson | |ARWO | Dutton | |LM | Barnaby | |OTHER| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- REMARKS: Upgraded to TS HARVEY at show time (1800Z). Three fix mission, enter 90 N to fix, exit 75 SE, enter NE, 75 to fix, then exit 75 to NW, then enter from SW, 75 to fix, exit N 75 to home. Drops reqd at fixes. TD did uncommanded recycle near 2037:20Z, recovered, TD went to -40, then cycled around -14 until 2135:40, then jumped to +27. Stayed there until descent into storm. Ambient temp -16 at FL 240. Turned TD off as TD continued to climb during descent. At 5000 ft, TD report 70C. Wrote up Three fixes pretty much as normal except after second fix, AC elected to climb to 700 mb (wind 51 kts, no turbc), and outbound 61 kt sfc wind prompted a max wind drop after third fix. Upgraded HARVEY from wk TS to mdt TS. Lots of lightning all three fixes. Good spiral band showed up on third pass, nearly pinpointed FL cntr. Penetrations Logged: 0 ARWO:____________________________________ Penetrations Verified: Verifier:____________________________________ Penetrations Posted: Awards:____________________________________