Mission Summary
20180805N1 Aircraft 49RF
Hurricane Hector (EP10)
Synoptic Surveillance

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderKristie Twining
Co-pilotRebecca Waddington
Co-pilotBrad Fritzler
Flight DirectorIan Sears
Flight DirectorPaul Flaherty
System EngineerMichael McAlister
Data TechnicianGabe Defeo
Data TechnicianUnderwood
Dropsonde OperatorCharles Lynch

Scientific Crew (49RF)
None

Scientific Crew (Ground)
RadarHRD


Proposed NOAA 49 track
Final flight track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF (N49) will conduct an NHC-tasked Synoptic surveillance mission around Hurricane Hector.

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: Hector
Prepared by the National Hurricane Center
August 04, 2018 2:18:34 PM
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 05/1730Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON Time
deg min deg min hr:min
1 32 58-119 160:11
2 32 07-120 240:22
3 31 16-121 310:33
4 30 25-122 380:44
5 29 33-123 460:55
6 28 42-124 531:06
7 27 51-126 001:17
8 27 00-127 081:28
9 26 09-128 151:39
10 25 18-129 221:50
11 24 27-130 292:02
12 23 35-131 372:13
13 22 44-132 442:24
14 21 53-133 512:35
15 21 02-134 592:47
16 20 11-136 062:58
17 19 20-137 133:09
18 17 37-139 283:32
19 17 37-138 083:42
20 17 03-136 563:53
21 16 00-136 064:04
22 14 42-135 484:15
23 13 24-136 064:26
24 12 21-136 564:37
25 11 47-138 084:47
26 11 47-139 284:58
27 12 21-140 405:09
28 13 24-141 305:20
29 14 42-141 485:31
30 16 00-141 305:42
31 17 03-140 405:53
32 17 24-142 066:04
33 17 45-143 326:16
34 18 06-144 596:28
35 18 28-146 256:40
36 18 49-147 516:52
37 19 10-149 177:03
38 19 32-150 437:15
39 19 53-152 097:27
40 20 14-153 367:39

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Long Beach, CA 17:39 UTC Honolulu, HI 01:15 UTC

Problems :

Mission Data :


Flight track
Temperature and Moisture
Wind and Atlitude

Flight Director's log | Flight Director's manifest | NetCDF data | serial data | 1 second data

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