¥ 5 P-3
flights
¥ August 25
¥ NHC-tasked
mission, off coast of South Florida
¥ Tropical
storm at takeoff
¥ Landfall in
South Florida during flight
¥ August 27
¥ NHC-tasked
mission, in southeast Gulf
¥ Category 2 at
takeoff
¥ Concentric
eyewalls
¥ RAINEX
mission piggy-backed
¥ August 28
¥ NHC-tasked
mission, in central Gulf
¥ Rapid
intensification to Category 4 overnight
¥ Category 5
during flight
¥ RAINEX
mission piggy-backed
¥ August 29
¥ Landfall
Research mission, landfall in SE Louisiana/Mississippi
¥ Storm
weakened prior to landfall
¥ September
15
¥ post-storm
survey pattern of Gulf with AXBTs
¥ 6 G-IV
flights
¥ August 25-28,
with back-to-back flights on August 28