Mission Summary
20100721N1 Aircraft 49RF
Genesis Mission Tropical Disturbance AL97

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderGregg Glover
Co-pilotKristie Twining
Flight DirectorJess Williams
Flight DirectorIan Sears
Flight DirectorRich Henning
Data TechnicianGabe Defeo
AVAPS OperatorDale Carpenter
Dropsonde OperatorCarlos Quiles
Dropsonde OperatorJames Warnecke
Scientific Crew (49RF)
None


Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF will fly an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillancd mission around Tropical Disturbance AL97. The G-IV will leave MacDill AFB, FL 1730 UTC and will recover back at MacDill by 0150 UTC next day.

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: AL97
Prepared by the
National Hurricane Center
July 20, 2010
10:06:02 AM Aircraft: N49RF
Altitude: FL410-450
Proposed takeoff: 21/1730Z
DROP LOCATIONS
# LAT LON TIME
deg min deg min hh:mm
1 29 00 -79 000:29
2 29 00 -77 000:44
3 28 00 -75 001:01
4 29 00 -74 001:13
5 29 00 -72 001:28
6 29 00 -70 001:43
7 28 00 -69 001:54
8 27 00 -68 002:06
9 26 00 -67 002:17
10 25 00 -68 002:28
11 26 00 -69 002:39
12 27 00 -70 002:51
13 27 00 -73 003:14
14 24 55 -71 523:33
15 24 55 -70 323:43
16 24 21 -69 203:54
17 23 18 -68 304:05
18 22 00 -68 124:15
19 20 42 -68 304:26
20 19 39 -69 204:37
21 20 00 -72 004:59
22 19 59 -73 295:10
23 20 42 -73 545:17
24 22 00 -74 125:28
25 23 18 -73 545:39
26 24 21 -73 045:50
27 26 00 -75 006:10
28 25 00 -76 006:21
29 26 00 -77 006:32
30 25 00 -78 006:44
31 24 00 -77 006:55
32 22 30 -76 007:10
33 23 00 -78 007:26
34 23 35 -80 027:42

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
MacDill AFB, FL17:24 UTC MacDill AFB, FL01:39 UTC

NOAA 49RF flew an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillancd mission around Tropical Disturbance AL97. The G-IV left MacDill AFB, FL 1724 UTC and recovered back at MacDill at 0139 UTC next day. 33 of 34 planned drops made.

Problems :


Mission Data :

NetCDF file


Page last updated July 20, 2010
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