Mission Summary
20120826N2 Aircraft 49RF
Synoptic Surveillance Mission Tropical Storm Isaac

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderKristie Twining
Co-pilotNick Toth
Co-pilotJason Mansour
Flight DirectorBarry Damiano
Flight DirectorNick Morgan
Data TechnicianGabe Defeo
Dropsonde OperatorMike Mascaro
Dropsonde OperatorJames Warnecke
EngineerAlan Goldstein
Scientific Crew (49RF)
None


Proposed NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF will fly an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillancd mission around Tropical Storm Isaac. The G-IV will leave MacDill AFB, FL 1730 UTC and will recover back at Jacksonville, FL by 0000 UTC the next day.

TROPICAL STORM SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: Isaac
Prepared by the
National Hurricane Center
August 25, 2012 3:42:31 PM
Aircraft: N49RF
Altitude: FL410-450
Proposed takeoff: 26/1730Z
DROP LOCATIONS
# LAT LON TIME
deg min deg min hh:mm
128 00-84 000:11
230 00-87 000:40
328 00-87 000:56
427 00-85 001:13
526 00-84 001:25
626 00-86 001:40
725 00-87 001:51
824 00-86 002:03
924 42-84 182:17
1023 24-84 002:28
1121 03-82 012:53
1220 50-80 413:04
1320 36-79 203:14
1423 24-78 363:38
1525 00-78 003:52
1623 00-77 004:10
1724 00-76 004:21
1825 00-75 004:33
1926 00-74 004:44
2026 00-76 004:60
2127 00-75 005:11
2228 00-76 005:22
2327 00-77 005:33
2426 00-78 365:48
2527 03-79 265:59
2628 00-78 006:12
2729 00-77 006:24
2829 00-79 006:39
2930 00-78 006:50
3031 45-76 307:08
3133 30-75 307:24
3232 45-78 157:46
3331 00-79 308:03

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Mission Data :

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Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude


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