Mission Summary
20150827N1 Aircraft 49RF
Synoptic Surveillance mission Tropical Storm Erika

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderJason Mansour
Co-pilotDavid Cowan
Co-pilotBrad Fritzler
Flight DirectorBarry Damiano
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
Data TechnicianJoe Greene
Data TechnicianGabe DeFeo
Dropsonde OperatorJames Warnecke
Dropsonde OperatorLeonard Miller
Scientific Crew (49RF)
None


Proposed NOAA 49 track

Final NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF will conduct an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Erika in the Atlantic north of Barbados.

Synoptic Suveillance MISSION PLAN: Erika
Prepared by the National Hurricane Center
August 26, 2015 3:06:17 PM
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 27/1730Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON Time
deg min deg min hr:min
115 00-61 000:20
215 00-63 000:36
316 21-64 020:50
415 47-65 141:01
515 47-66 341:11
616 21-67 461:22
717 24-68 361:33
819 05-68 391:47
920 00-68 361:54
1021 30-70 002:11
1123 00-72 002:31
1224 30-70 002:51
1323 00-70 003:03
1421 03-67 463:27
1521 37-66 343:37
1623 00-68 003:53
1724 30-68 004:05
1824 30-66 004:21
1923 00-66 004:33
2021 37-65 144:46
2121 03-64 024:57
2222 00-63 005:08
2323 00-64 005:19
2424 00-63 005:31
2523 00-62 005:42
2624 00-61 005:53
2725 00-60 006:05
2824 00-59 006:16
2923 00-60 006:27
3022 00-61 006:39
3121 00-62 006:50
3220 00-63 127:03
3317 24-63 127:24
Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Barbados, BWI17:28 UTC Barbados, BWI00:50 UTC

Problems :


Mission Data :


Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude

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