Mission Summary
20140806N1 Aircraft 49RF
TDR Mission Hurricane Iselle

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderRon Moyers
Co-pilotDavid Cowan
Co-pilotJason Mansour
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
Flight DirectorPaul Flaherty
Data TechnicianCharles Lynch
Electronic TechnicianMike Mascaro
Electronic TechnicianJames Warnecke
Electronic EngineerJohn Hill

Scientific Crew (49RF)
ObserverAnnette Foerster (UHawaii)


Proposed NOAA 49 track

Final NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF will fly an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission around Hurricane Iselle. The G-IV will leave Honolulu, HI 1730 UTC on August 5th and will recover back at Honolulu, HI by 0130 UTC the next day.

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: Iselle
National Hurricane Center
August 05, 2014 11:23:07 AM
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 06/1730Z
TURN LOCATIONS
# LAT LON TIME
deg min deg min hr:mn
1 23 00-155 00 0:27
2 24 30-154 00 0:41
3 23 00-153 00 0:56
4 24 30-152 00 1:10
5 23 00-151 00 1:25
6 24 30-150 00 1:40
7 23 00-149 00 1:54
8 24 30-148 00 2:09
9 23 00-147 00 2:23
10 21 30-145 45 2:39
11 21 30-147 45 2:55
12 20 37-148 10 3:03
13 20 37-147 20 3:09
14 20 03-146 38 3:17
15 19 00-145 48 3:27
16 17 42-145 00 3:40
17 16 24-145 48 3:52
18 15 21-146 38 4:03
19 14 47-147 20 4:10
20 14 47-148 10 4:17
21 15 21-148 52 4:24
22 16 24-149 42 4:35
23 17 42-150 00 4:46
24 19 00-149 30 4:58
25 20 13-149 21 5:07
26 21 30-150 00 5:19
27 21 30-152 00 5:35
28 21 30-154 00 5:51
29 20 00-153 00 6:05
30 20 00-151 00 6:21
31 18 30-152 00 6:36
32 18 30-154 00 6:52
33 18 30-156 00 7:08

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Honolulu, HI17:40 UTC Honolulu, HI01:02 UTC

NOAA 49RF flew an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission around Hurricane Iselle. The G-IV left Honolulu, HI 1740 UTC on August 5th and recovered back at Honolulu, HI at 0102 UTC the next day. 33 sondes were launched and 32 were good and transmitted.

Problems :


Mission Data :

Flight Director's log | Flight Director's form | Error Summary | Dropsonde log


Page last updated August 12, 2014
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