DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE                    
                       Air Force Reserve Command                     



MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler                               20 May 12

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             | ALBERTO     (19Z FIX ... 31.7 N, 79.3 W)             |
| Mission ID          | 5302 0101A ALBERTO                                   |
| Departure Base/Time | kbix 05/20/12 16:00                                  |
| Arrival Base/Time   | kbix 05/20/12 21:58                                  |
| Flight Time         |  6.0 hours                                           |
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Please note:The Max wind (MWnd) maximum Surface wind speed (SWS) in the table below is only for the Inbound leg. Please check the data file for the actual high wind speed on each transit of the storm.
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 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 05/20/12 18:46 | 31 03 N | 080 01 W | 1004 | 30 | 45 | | | 05/20/12 20:02 | 30 55 N | 079 60 W | 1005 | 36 | 40 | | | 05/20/12 20:02 | 30 55 N | 079 60 W | 1006 | 37 | 40 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- C R E W R O S T E R ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |AC | haig | |CP | mentzer | |Nav | stanton | |ARWO | baker | |LM | blair, zieman | |OTHER| | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

300mb analysis
400mb analysis
400mb analysis
500mb analysis
700mb analysis
850mb analysis
925mb analysis
Sfc analysis

Charleston sounding

Visable satellite picture

Visable satellite picture detail

Sea surface Temp

Sea surface Salinity

REMARKS: !!! FIRST STORM OF THE SEASON !!! 19Z FIX (took off early to hopefully get near 18Z time frame) 3 center fixes requested, 2 fixes done drop-1: 850mb / 1451m / sfc: 1005mb - center drop-2: 850mb / 1469m / sfc: 1008mb - maxwind drop-3: 850mb / 1458m / sfc: 1006mb - center CARCAH/frctrs released us early - their call ISSUES: GPS-1 degraded. system C not able to be used Penetrations Logged: 0 ARWO:____________________________________ Penetrations Verified: Verifier:____________________________________ Penetrations Posted: Awards:____________________________________