Mission Summary
20030831N1 Aircraft 49RF
Synoptic Surveillance flight
around Hurricane Fabian 2003
| Sonde Scientist | Shirley Murillo |
| Sonde Scientist | Shirley Murillo |
The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Shirley Muriilo conducted an NHC-tasked synoptic surveillance mission around Hurricane Fabian at the nominal time of 00 UTC/September 1. Take-off was at 1:30 PM EDT from St. Croix, USVI and landing at 8:00 PM EDT at St. Croix, USVI. The mission transmitted ~19 sondes.
Mission Summary :
PDF of sonde drops at various levels
Drop log sheets
Problems :
| DROP LOCATIONS | |||
| Drop # | LAT (d m) |
LON (d m) |
TIME (h:mm) |
| 1 | 19 00 | 60 00 | 0:39 |
| 2 | 18 51 | 58 11 | 0:54 |
| 3 | 20 56 | 57 21 | 1:12 |
| 4 | 23 07 | 58 54 | 1:34 |
| 5 | 25 18 | 60 27 | 1:55 |
| 6 | 27 30 | 62 00 | 2:17 |
| 7 | 27 45 | 60 00 | 2:32 |
| 8 | 28 00 | 58 00 | 2:48 |
| 9 | 25 58 | 57 01 | 3:06 |
| 10 | 23 56 | 56 03 | 3:24 |
| 11 | 21 54 | 55 05 | 3:43 |
| 12 | 20 56 | 52 50 | 4:02 |
| 13 | 18 54 | 52 00 | 4:20 |
| 14 | 16 51 | 52 50 | 4:38 |
| 15 | 15 53 | 55 05 | 4:58 |
| 16 | 16 51 | 57 21 | 5:17 |
| 17 | 17 00 | 60 00 | 5:39 |
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