DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE                    
                       Air Force Reserve Command                     



MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler                               16 Aug 24

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             | 16/1130Z & 1730Z                                     |
| Mission ID          | 5302 1505A ERNESTO                                   |
| Departure Base/Time | TISX 08/16/24 09:21                                  |
| Arrival Base/Time   | TISX 08/16/24 19:11                                  |
| Flight Time         |  9.8 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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| 08/16/24 11:59 | 28 55 N   | 066 50 W   |  968  |  98  |   76  |      X    |
| 08/16/24 13:28 | 29 17 N   | 066 34 W   |  971  |  67  |   59  |      X    |
| 08/16/24 14:59 | 29 31 N   | 066 30 W   |  969  |  70  |   64  |      X    |
| 08/16/24 16:31 | 29 47 N   | 066 09 W   |  970  |  90  |   73  |      X    |
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                      C R E W   R O S T E R                          
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|AC   | Tift                                                                 |
|CP   | Wordal                                                               |
|Nav  | Walter                                                               |
|ARWO | Nelson                                                               |
|LM   | Hemphill                                                             |
|OTHER|                                                                      |
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REMARKS: Mission Notes: Completed 4 hurricane penetrations. 

Met System Used: C / F

Equipment Issues:
- Brief FOM 8 on C during final outbound leg, so switched to F. 
- Computer had blue screen of death after mission complete. Data all went yellow or red first and computer froze for about a minute and then got BSOD. Stop Code: DPC WATCHDOG VIOLATION
- 2 sonde issues: 1 had no RH/Temp and the other DD was 0 entire time, thought to be suspect.
- Red flashing data

Transmitted:
RECCOS: 11
VDMS: 4
DROPS: 19
BAD SONDES (Launched, not transmitted): 1 +1
Details:
Launch Time	Sonde Issue
1146		No temp or RH
1336		DD was 0 entire time, this one RH was removed and still transmitted. Need to send to NCAR. 


Penetrations Logged:  0             ARWO:____________________________________

Penetrations Verified:          Verifier:____________________________________

Penetrations Posted:              Awards:____________________________________