| 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.
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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
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28 dropsondes launched, all good and sent.
Problems :
 Flight track |
 Temperature and Moisture |
 Wind and Atlitude |