Mission Summary
20180912N1 Aircraft 49RF
Hurricane Florence (AL06)
Synoptic Surveillance

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderDavid Cowan
Co-pilotTanner Sims
Flight DirectorRich Henning
System EngineerTerry Lynch
Data TechnicianLeonard Miller
Dropsonde OperatorCharles Lynch
Dropsonde OperatorJeff Hartberger

Scientific Crew (49RF)
Dropsonde ScientistBrittany Dahl(HRD)
Media GuestPhillip Celli(Fox News)
GuestNeil Jacobs(NOAA)


Proposed NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF (N49) will fly a NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance missions around Hurricane Florence.

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: Florence
National Hurricane Center
September 10, 2018 2:27:41 PM
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 12/0530Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON Time
deg min deg min hr:min
1 30 00 -80 000:27
2 32 00 -79 000:45
3 33 52 -77 441:03
4 34 00 -76 001:16
5 36 00 -74 001:38
6 34 00 -73 001:56
7 33 00 -75 002:13
8 31 30 -75 302:26
9 32 00 -77 002:38
10 30 00 -78 002:56
11 30 00 -76 003:11
12 29 30 -74 003:27
13 30 48 -73 423:38
14 31 51 -72 523:49
15 32 25 -71 403:59
16 32 25 -70 204:09
17 31 51 -69 084:19
18 30 48 -68 184:30
19 29 30 -68 004:41
20 28 12 -68 184:51
21 27 09 -69 085:02
22 26 35 -70 205:13
23 26 35 -71 405:23
24 28 00 -71 005:36
25 28 26 -69 565:45
26 29 30 -69 305:54
27 30 34 -69 566:03
28 31 00 -71 006:12
29 30 34 -72 046:21
30 29 30 -72 306:30
31 28 26 -72 046:39
32 27 09 -72 526:52
33 28 12 -73 427:02
34 28 00 -76 007:20
35 28 00 -78 007:35

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Linder-Lakeland, FL 05:44 UTC Linder-Lakeland, FL 13:47 UTC

Problems :

Mission Data :


Flight track
Temperature and Moisture
Wind and Atlitude

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Page last updated May 03, 2019
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