Mission Summary
20110804N1 Aircraft 49RF
Synoptic Surveillance Mission Tropical Storm Emily

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft Commander
Co-pilot
Flight Director
Flight Director
Electronics Technician
AVAPS Operator
Dropsonde Operator
Scientific Crew (49RF)
None


Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF will fly an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillancd mission around Tropical Storm Emily. The G-IV will leave MacDill AFB, FL 1730 UTC and will recover back at MacDill AFB, FL by 0200 UTC next day.

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: Emily
Prepared by the
National Hurricane Center
August 04, 2011 2:10:17 PM Aircraft: N49RF
Altitude: FL410-450
Proposed takeoff: 04/1730Z
DROP LOCATIONS
# LAT LON TIME
deg min deg min hh:mm
127 30-80 000:20
227 30-78 000:35
327 30-76 000:50
427 30-74 001:06
527 30-72 001:21
625 30-71 001:39
725 30-73 001:55
825 30-75 002:10
925 30-77 002:26
1023 45-79 302:50
1122 30-77 003:12
1221 04-75 003:32
1321 31-73 523:42
1421 31-72 323:52
1520 57-71 204:03
1620 07-70 294:12
1720 00-69 004:24
1818 30-68 004:39
1917 30-70 004:57
2016 15-71 205:11
2115 41-72 325:22
2215 41-73 525:33
2316 15-75 045:44
2417 30-75 305:54
2519 27-75 536:11
2621 00-80 006:46
2721 00-82 307:05
2821 00-85 007:25
2924 00-84 007:51

Mission Summary :

NOAA 49RF flew a truncated NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillancd mission around Tropical Storm Emily. The G-IV left MacDill AFB, FL 1730 UTC but shortly after the first few drops the flight was cancelled due to Emily's disintegration over Hispañola and returned to MacDill AFB, FL by 2000 UTC.

Problems :


Mission Data :

NetCDF file


Page last updated August 2, 2011
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