DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE                    
                       Air Force Reserve Command                     



MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler                               19 Oct 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        | Hurricane                                            |
| Tasking             | 1730Z Fix                                            |
| Mission ID          | 5307 0117E NORMA                                     |
| Departure Base/Time | KBIX 10/19/23 12:24                                  |
| Arrival Base/Time   | KBIX 10/19/23 23:45                                  |
| Flight Time         | 11.4 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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| 10/19/23 17:28 | 17 15 N   | 108 01 W   |  942  | 111  |   75  |           |
| 10/19/23 19:01 | 17 22 N   | 108 01 W   |  945  |  91  |   90  |           |
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                      C R E W   R O S T E R                          
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|AC   | Dunn                                                                 |
|CP   | Hudgins, Deroche                                                     |
|Nav  | Swindall                                                             |
|ARWO | Rickert, Nelson (training)                                           |
|LM   | Beste                                                                |
|OTHER|                                                                      |
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REMARKS:
Mission Notes: Completed 2 hurricane penetrations. Had to exit W instead of NE on second pass through due to extreme radar presentation in the NE quad. Experienced moderate clear air turbulence after exiting W before making the turn to intersect the NE path out. 

Met System Used: Started on C, switched to F at 1358Z after sonde comparison, 7545m on sonde -- 7533m(C) / 7542m(F)

Equipment Issues: Had 3 sondes terminate early. Transmitted one, but did not transmit the other two. One of them picked up again after about 40 seconds, resulting in unusable data. Load got pictures to look into it. ARO data wouldn't download at the end of the mission.

Transmitted:
RECCOS: 10
VDMS: 2
DROPS: 9
BAD SONDES (Launched, not transmitted): 2
Bad Sonde Details:
Launch Time	Sonde Issue
1853		Terminated early, opted not to send because missed strongest winds also
1952		Terminated early, then about 40 seconds later picked back up resulting in unusable data

Penetrations Logged:  0             ARWO:____________________________________

Penetrations Verified:          Verifier:____________________________________

Penetrations Posted:              Awards:____________________________________