DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE Air Force Reserve Command MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler 23 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Mission Type | Hurricane | | Tasking | 2507A FIONA (22/2330Z FIX) | | Mission ID | 5306 2507A FIONA | | Departure Base/Time | TISX 09/22/22 20:03 | | Arrival Base/Time | TISX 09/23/22 04:08 | | Flight Time | 8.1 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 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 09/22/22 23:09 | 30 42 N | 069 11 W | 932 | 107 | 90 | X | | 09/23/22 00:39 | 31 04 N | 068 53 W | 933 | 84 | 79 | X | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- C R E W R O S T E R ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |AC | Dunn | |CP | Hudgins, Smith | |Nav | Mitchell | |ARWO | Olsen, Rickert | |LM | Klingenberger | |OTHER| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- REMARKS: 8 RECCOs, 14 drops (6 bad, still sent 10 total), 2 VDMs (36 total obs) This was a 22/2230Z fix mission into Hurricane Fiona. The center was estimated to be at 30.7N 68.8W. We entered from the SW for the alpha pattern. The max surface winds from our drops was 110kts, 123kts at flight level, and the lowest pressure was 932mb (SE quadrant was the strongest, NW the weakest). Based on our data, NHC left it as a Category 4 hurricane from our data. As far as issues, HDD4 on the ARWO pallet is showing "no video input", got a GPS FOM error of 2 on System C at 22/2110Z and switched to System F, and the load pallet/dropsondes had several issues. First, the HDD display was completely black on his pallet so we were unable to record the radar. Additionally, we had several dropsondes issues (almost half of them failed in some way). Specifically, most of them were late reporting winds or did not report them at all. Some still had salvageable data, so we ended up sending 10 total drops to NHC. Penetrations Logged: 2 ARWO:____________________________________ Penetrations Verified: Verifier:____________________________________ Penetrations Posted: Awards:____________________________________