DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE                    
                       Air Force Reserve Command                     



MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler                               21 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 0317E NORMA                                     |
| Departure Base/Time | KBIX 10/21/23 12:47                                  |
| Arrival Base/Time   | KBIX 10/21/23 22:11                                  |
| Flight Time         |  9.4 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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| 10/21/23 17:22 | 22 55 N   | 110 21 W   |  977  |  66  |   42  |     X     |
| 10/21/23 17:45 | 22 57 N   | 110 19 W   |  977  |  45  |   73  |     X     |
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                      C R E W   R O S T E R                          
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|AC   | Pituch                                                               |
|CP   | Burton                                                               |
|Nav  | McElhaney                                                            |
|ARWO | Rickert, Nelson (training)                                           |
|LM   | Hudgins                                                              |
|OTHER|                                                                      |
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REMARKS:
Mission Notes: Completed 2 hurricane penetrations. Norma was close to making landfall so had very abbreviated legs to fix it twice prior to landfall. 

Met System Used: C, no issues. 

Equipment Issues: A number of the mini-sondes terminated prior to reaching the surface anywhere from 14-26 meters above the surface. There were also issues with a couple of the drops transferring, but it turned out to be a known MM bug with the 51515 group so CARCAH disseminated those drops (ob 17 and 18). Finally, the drop files were blank when I received them from the LM. After troubleshooting and nothing working I recommended locking the hard drive before ejecting it and that worked. Will let the Chief LM know to disseminate amongst LMs. Not sure if it was because of that or a happy coincidence. 

Transmitted:
RECCOS: 10
VDMS: 2
DROPS: 7
BAD SONDES (Launched, not transmitted): 1
Details:
Launch Time	Sonde Issue
1726		Height data was questionable resulting in unrealistically high pressures and a SLP of 1070mb. 

Penetrations Logged:  0             ARWO:____________________________________

Penetrations Verified:          Verifier:____________________________________

Penetrations Posted:              Awards:____________________________________