Mission Summary
20180908H1 Aircraft 42RF
Hurricane Florence (AL07)
Synoptic Surveillance

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderJustin Kibby
Co-pilotAdam Abitol
Co-pilotJohn Rossi
NavigatorSam Urato
Flight EngineerPaul Darby
Flight EngineerChris Lalonde
Flight DirectorMike Holmes
System EngineerJoe Greene
Data TechnicianMike Mascaro
AVAPS OperatorNick Underwood

Scientific Crew (42RF)
Jon ZawislakLPSHRD
Heather HolbachRadarHRD
Paul ReasorDropsondeHRD
Paul ChangLPSNESDIS
Zorana JelnakObserverNESDIS
Joe SappObserverNESDIS
Miles O'BrienMediaPBS

Scientific Crew (Ground)
RadarJohn GamcheHRD


Proposed NOAA 42 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 42RF (N42) will conduct an EMC-tasked TDR mission into Hurricane Florence.

MISSION PLAN: Florence
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
September 07, 2018 3:08 PM
Aircraft: N42RF
Proposed takeoff: 8/1200Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZM Time
deg min deg min nmi/deg hr:min
1S26 3855 18 120/3301:51
2S25 5556 07 120/3002:04
3S24 5456 24 120/2702:18
4S23 5456 05 120/2402:31
5S23 1055 17 120/2102:45
6S23 3655 01 90/2102:53
7S26 1253 23 90/0303:39
8S26 1255 01 90/3304:02
9S23 3653 23 90/1504:48
10S24 5452 33 90/0905:11
11S24 5455 51 90/2705:57

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Bermuda 11:50 UTC Bermuda 19:59 UTC
Penetrations 3

Problems :

Mission Data :


Timeseries wind, SFMR wind, rain rate, altitude and pressure plots
Flight-level wind plot


Flight track
Temperature and Moisture
Wind and Atlitude

Flight track

1 second data
LPS log | Radar log | Drop log

Page last updated Nov. 27, 2018
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