DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE Air Force Reserve Command MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler 25 Aug 15 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 | 0105A ERIKA 20Z FIX | | Mission ID | 5301 0105A ERIKA | | Departure Base/Time | TISX 08/25/15 16:30 | | Arrival Base/Time | TISX 08/26/15 00:10 | | Flight Time | 7.7 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 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 08/25/15 19:27 | 15 32 N | 052 23 W | 1004 | 31 | 32 | | | 08/25/15 21:20 | 15 45 N | 052 50 W | 1006 | 39 | 37 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- C R E W R O S T E R ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |AC | DEROCHE | |CP | EUSTIS, MEADER | |Nav | ANDERSON | |ARWO | DYKE | |LM | CUMBO, MCDONALD | |OTHER| JAYNE | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- REMARKS: TASKED WITH THE 20Z FIX INTO TROPICAL STORM ERIKA. THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT INTO ERIKA AND CONCURRENT WITH NOAA 43 (P-3) AND NOAA 49 (G4) FLIGHTS. THE G4 WAS TASKED WITH SYNOPTIC DATA COLLECTION AROUND THE STORM. THE P3 WAS TASKED WITH HRD EQUIPMENT TEST EVAL AS WELL AS OPERATIONAL FIXES OF THE CENTER AT FL100. OUR MISSION WAS CONDUCTED AT FL050. THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL HOWEVER, THE INITIAL STORM POSITION WAS WELL OFF OF WHAT NHC HAD GIVEN US. OUR INITIAL COORDINATES WERE 15.2N 52.1W THEN WHILE IN FLIGHT WE RECEIVED AN UPDATED POSITION THAT WAS FURTHER E THAN THE ORIGINAL SET. ONCE IN THE STORM ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SUGGESTED THAT THE INITIAL SET OF COORDINATES WERE MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING. AS WE DROVE IN WE ENDED UP FIXING THE CENTER 25 NM NW OF THE INITIAL COORDINATES. THE STORM OVERALL APPEARED SHEARED AND SOUNDINGS INDICATED A VERY DRY LAYER AROUND 533 MB. THE SPEED OF THE SYSTEM COUPLED WITH DRY AIR INTRUSION RESULTED IN CLOUD FORMATIONS THAT WERE MORE STRATIFIED WITH ISOLATED POCKETS OF VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS AT A MINIMUM AND THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF TURBULENCE WE EXPERIENCED WAS LIGHT OCCASSIONAL MODERATE. WE DID NOT WITNESS ANY LIGHTNING. Penetrations Logged: 0 ARWO:____________________________________ Penetrations Verified: Verifier:____________________________________ Penetrations Posted: Awards:____________________________________