DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE                    
                       Air Force Reserve Command                     



MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler                               29 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                 
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| Mission Type        | Hurricane                                            |
| Tasking             | Ignacio                                              |
| Mission ID          | 5304 0212E IGNACIO                                   |
| Departure Base/Time | PHIK 08/29/15 15:10                                  |
| Arrival Base/Time   | PHIK 08/29/15 22:40                                  |
| Flight Time         |  7.5 hours                                           |
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                          F I X   P O I N T S              
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|                | Latitude  | Longitude  |  SLP  | MWnd |  SWS  |           |
|    Date/Time   | dd mm N/S | ddd mm E/W |   mb  |  kt  |   kt  | Hurricane |
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| 08/29/15 17:52 | 16 06 N   | 146 38 W   |  955  | 109  |  111  |     X     |
| 08/29/15 19:35 | 16 18 N   | 146 49 W   |  950  | 133  |  121  |     X     |
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                      C R E W   R O S T E R                          
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|AC   | Beaudreax                                                            |
|CP   | Foreman, Heinz                                                       |
|Nav  | Fox                                                                  |
|ARWO | Mitchell                                                             |
|LM   | Barnaby                                                              |
|OTHER|                                                                      |
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REMARKS:
Center 1 sonde HSS: 2704
Center 2 sonde HSS: 2666

Sondes were tasked NE, NW and center, however the wind-band sondes 
failed.

Storm was upgraded to a Cat 4 based on our data:
IGNACIO HAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE SATELLITE PRESENTATION THIS MORNING
WITH A 20 NM WARM...CLEAR EYE. THE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT FOUND 133
KT FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF IGNACIO...WITH
SFMR WINDS PEAKING AT 121 KT. BASED ON THIS INFORMATION THE ADVISORY
INTENSITY HAS BEEN SET TO 120 KT...THE SECOND CATEGORY FOUR 
HURRICANE IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN OF 2015...AND THE THIRD MAJOR
HURRICANE FOR THE YEAR. THE WIND RADII HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED ONCE AGAIN 
TO FIT THE NEW AIRCRAFT DATA. 

Penetrations Logged:  2             ARWO:____________________________________

Penetrations Verified:          Verifier:____________________________________

Penetrations Posted:              Awards:____________________________________