DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE                    
                       Air Force Reserve Command                     



MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler                               18 Sep 22

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        | Tropical Storm                                       |
| Tasking             | 0907A Fiona (2330Z & 0530Z Fix)                      |
| Mission ID          | 5303 0907A FIONA                                     |
| Departure Base/Time | TNCC 09/17/22 21:36                                  |
| Arrival Base/Time   | TNCC 09/18/22 06:25                                  |
| Flight Time         |  8.8 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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| 09/17/22 23:41 | 16 18 N   | 064 42 W   |  998  |  43  |   46  |           |
| 09/18/22 01:15 | 16 27 N   | 064 40 W   |  997  |  30  |   47  |           |
| 09/18/22 02:55 | 16 42 N   | 065 02 W   |  999  |  54  |   47  |           |
| 09/18/22 04:52 | 16 54 N   | 065 23 W   |  994  |  57  |   57  |           |
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                      C R E W   R O S T E R                          
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|AC   | Dunn                                                                 |
|CP   | Hudgins, Smith                                                       |
|Nav  | Mitchell                                                             |
|ARWO | Olsen, Rickert                                                       |
|LM   | Klingenberger                                                        |
|OTHER|                                                                      |
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REMARKS:
11 RECCOs, 14 drops, 4 VDMs (29 total obs)
This was a 17/2330Z & 18/0530Z fix mission into Tropical Storm Fiona. The center was estimated to be at 16.7N 64.0W and we entered from the SE to the NW, then to the SW quadrant, and ended in the NE quadrant for the first alpha pattern. For the second alpha, we entered from the NW to the SE, SE to the NE, and then to the SW. The storm was starting to intensify and a bit of an eyewall was beginning to form. We were going to fly at FL050, but made the decision to stay at FL100 due to strong convection and turbulence. We had standard 105NM legs in all quadrants. Overall the storm's intensity remained pretty consistent with SLPs between 999mb & 994mb. The max FL & SFMR winds were 57kt. As far as issues, the hygrometer was showing red values on MM the entire flight (even though the values were correct). Additionally, both systems C & F had GPS FOM errors of 2 for the first couple hours of the flight.


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