| Aircraft Commander | Jeff Hagan |
| Co-pilot | Kristie Twining |
| Co-pilot | David Cowan |
| Flight Director | Barry Damiano |
| Dropsonde Scientist | Shannon Hefferan |
| Electronic Technician | Gabe Defeo |
| AVAPS Technician | Dale Carpenter |
| Data Engineer | Alan S. Goldstein |
| Data Engineer | Leonard Miller |
| None |
 Proposed NOAA 49 track |
Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF will fly an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission around Tropical Disturbance AL93. The G-IV will leave Barbados, BWI 1730 UTC on July 31st and will recover back at Barbados, BWI by 0130 UTC the next day.
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National Hurricane Center July 30, 2014 5:31:01 PM Aircraft: N49RF Proposed takeoff: 31/1730Z
DROP LOCATIONS
| #
| LAT
| LON
| Time
|
| deg min
| deg min
| hour:min
| 1 | 14 30 | -59 00 | 0:12
| 2 | 16 00 | -59 00 | 0:25
| 3 | 16 00 | -60 30 | 0:37
| 4 | 18 00 | -60 30 | 0:53
| 5 | 19 30 | -60 30 | 1:05
| 6 | 19 30 | -62 00 | 1:17
| 7 | 19 30 | -64 00 | 1:33
| 8 | 21 00 | -64 00 | 1:45
| 9 | 21 00 | -62 00 | 2:01
| 10 | 21 00 | -60 00 | 2:17
| 11 | 21 00 | -58 00 | 2:33
| 12 | 21 00 | -56 00 | 2:49
| 13 | 19 30 | -56 00 | 3:01
| 14 | 18 00 | -56 00 | 3:13
| 15 | 16 30 | -56 00 | 3:26
| 16 | 15 00 | -56 00 | 3:38
| 17 | 14 00 | -56 00 | 3:46
| 18 | 14 00 | -54 30 | 3:58
| 19 | 14 00 | -53 00 | 4:10
| 20 | 16 00 | -53 00 | 4:27
| 21 | 18 00 | -53 00 | 4:43
| 22 | 18 00 | -51 30 | 4:55
| 23 | 18 00 | -50 00 | 5:07
| 24 | 16 30 | -50 00 | 5:19
| 25 | 15 00 | -50 00 | 5:31
| 26 | 13 30 | -51 00 | 5:46
| 27 | 12 00 | -51 00 | 6:01
| 28 | 10 30 | -51 00 | 6:13
| 29 | 9 00 | -52 00 | 6:33
| 30 | 8 30 | -54 00 | 6:50
| 31 | 11 30 | -55 30 | 7:12
| 32 | 11 30 | -57 00 | 7:28
| 33 | 9 30 | -57 00 | 7:44
| 34 | 9 30 | -59 00 | 8:00
| 35 | 11 30 | -59 30 | 8:17
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Mission Summary :
| Take off | Landing
| Barbados, BWI | 17:15 UTC
| Barbados, BWI | 01:00 UTC
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 Final NOAA 49 track |
31 of 35 dropsondes deployed and 31 sent.
Problems :
Hydraulic issue (00:50 Z) caused mission to end early. Last sonde (#31) ended 1300 m above the surface.
 Flight track |
 Temperature and Moisture |
 Wind and Atlitude |