DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE                    
                       Air Force Reserve Command                     



MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler                               28 Aug 23

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             |  0510A IDALIA                                        |
| Mission ID          | 5309 0510A IDALIA                                    |
| Departure Base/Time | KBIX 08/28/23 08:49                                  |
| Arrival Base/Time   | KBIX 08/28/23 19:14                                  |
| Flight Time         | 10.4 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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| 08/28/23 11:18 | 20 37 N   | 085 10 W   |  990  |  37  |   35  |           |
| 08/28/23 12:27 | 20 39 N   | 085 12 W   |  991  |  63  |   47  |           |
| 08/28/23 13:45 | 20 41 N   | 085 11 W   |  990  |  58  |   54  |           |
| 08/28/23 15:01 | 20 50 N   | 085 11 W   |  991  |  51  |   44  |           |
| 08/28/23 16:59 | 21 04 N   | 085 09 W   |  988  |  58  |   60  |           |
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                      C R E W   R O S T E R                          
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|AC   | Blancher                                                             |
|CP   | Coffey (training), Spikes (training)                                 |
|Nav  | Bichsel, Riches (training)                                           |
|ARWO | McLaughlin, Nelson (training)                                        |
|LM   | Arsenaux                                                             |
|OTHER|                                                                      |
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REMARKS:
5 fixes through TS Idalia: 5 VDMs, 12 RECCOs, and 16 drops disseminated. +4 dropsondes launched that were not disseminated due to issues with the sondes or duplicate launches.

Missed the 4th center drop due to an injury onboard while trying to load the sonde in and subsequent first aid was applied. Tried to come around to drop back at the point, but there were technical issues where the sondes lost the GPS signal so we proceeded outbound.  

Issues:
- Primary issue throughout the flight was with dropsondes:
 	- 1251Z sonde was missing GPS altitude which resulted in no winds for majority of drop. 
	- 1334Z sonde not used because we dropped 2 max wind band because this one initially looked like a bad sonde, and the 2nd drop had higher winds.
	- 1408Z sonde data didn't come in, load didn't send to ARWO because there was no chance of it being good
	- 1437Z sonde was missing GPS altitude which resulted in no winds for majority of drop. 

Penetrations Logged:  0             ARWO:____________________________________

Penetrations Verified:          Verifier:____________________________________

Penetrations Posted:              Awards:____________________________________