Aircraft Commander | Kristie Twining |
Co-pilot | Fitzler |
Co-pilot | Tanner Sims |
Flight Director | Rich Henning |
Flight Director | Jess Williams |
System Engineer | Joe Greene |
Data Technician | Gabe Defeo |
Dropsonde Operator | Delgado |
Dropsonde Operator | Patel |
![]() Original Proposed NOAA 49 track |
![]() Actual Synoptic Surveillance NOAA 49 track |
Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF (N49) will fly a synoptic surveillance mission from Barbados into Hurricane Irma.
Prepared by the National Hurricane Center September 04, 2017 4:16:34 PM Aircraft: N49RF Proposed takeoff: 05/1730Z | |||||||
DROP LOCATION TABLE | |||||||
# | LAT | LON | Time | ||||
deg min | deg min | hr:min | |||||
1 | 14 23 | -58 56 | 0:12 | ||||
2 | 14 57 | -57 44 | 0:22 | ||||
3 | 16 00 | -56 54 | 0:33 | ||||
4 | 17 18 | -56 36 | 0:44 | ||||
5 | 18 36 | -56 54 | 0:55 | ||||
6 | 19 39 | -57 44 | 1:06 | ||||
7 | 20 13 | -58 56 | 1:17 | ||||
8 | 20 13 | -60 16 | 1:27 | ||||
9 | 19 39 | -61 28 | 1:38 | ||||
10 | 22 00 | -62 30 | 1:59 | ||||
11 | 24 00 | -62 30 | 2:15 | ||||
12 | 26 00 | -62 30 | 2:31 | ||||
13 | 28 00 | -62 30 | 2:48 | ||||
14 | 30 00 | -62 30 | 3:04 | ||||
15 | 29 00 | -65 00 | 3:25 | ||||
16 | 30 00 | -67 30 | 3:46 | ||||
17 | 28 00 | -67 30 | 4:02 | ||||
18 | 26 00 | -67 30 | 4:18 | ||||
19 | 24 00 | -67 30 | 4:35 | ||||
20 | 22 00 | -67 30 | 4:51 | ||||
21 | 20 00 | -67 30 | 5:07 | ||||
22 | 17 30 | -68 00 | 5:28 | ||||
23 | 15 59 | -66 59 | 5:43 | ||||
24 | 15 43 | -65 36 | 5:54 | ||||
25 | 15 28 | -64 14 | 6:06 | ||||
26 | 15 13 | -62 51 | 6:17 | ||||
27 | 14 57 | -61 28 | 6:28 |
Mission Summary :
Take off | Landing
Barbados, BWI
| 17:22 UTC
| Barbados, BWI
| 00:47 UTC
| |
28 dropsondes launched, all good and sent.
Problems :
![]() Flight track |
![]() Temperature and Moisture |
![]() Wind and Atlitude |