Lead Scientist | Pete Black |
SRA Scientist | Ed Walsh (NASA) |
AXBT scientists | Nick Shay Tom Cook Scott Guhin (RSMAS) |
Mission Briefing:
NOAA43 flew a pre-storm ocean survey in the Western Caribbean. The takeoff from Tampa was at Noon (local) and recoverd at 8:15 PM at MacDill AFB, FL.
Mission Synopsis
Mission Data
Flight Data | ||
![]() Flight track |
![]() Temperature and Moisture |
![]() Wind and Atlitude |
DROP LOCATIONS | |||
Drop # | LAT (d m) |
LON (d m) |
TIME (h:mm) |
1 | 21 17 | 80 35 | 1:42 |
2 | 21 03 | 80 57 | 1:48 |
3 | 20 49 | 81 19 | 1:54 |
4 | 20 35 | 81 41 | 2:01 |
5 | 20 20 | 82 02 | 2:07 |
6 | 20 06 | 82 24 | 2:13 |
7 | 19 52 | 82 46 | 2:20 |
8 | 19 37 | 83 07 | 2:26 |
9 | 19 23 | 83 29 | 2:32 |
10 | 19 09 | 83 51 | 2:39 |
11 | 18 54 | 84 12 | 2:45 |
12 | 18 40 | 84 34 | 2:51 |
13 | 18 26 | 84 56 | 2:58 |
14 | 18 12 | 85 17 | 3:04 |
15 | 18 28 | 85 31 | 3:09 |
16 | 18 44 | 85 45 | 3:15 |
17 | 19 00 | 86 00 | 3:20 |
18 | 19 13 | 85 40 | 3:26 |
19 | 19 26 | 85 19 | 3:32 |
20 | 19 40 | 85 00 | 3:38 |
21 | 19 53 | 84 40 | 3:44 |
22 | 20 06 | 84 19 | 3:49 |
23 | 20 19 | 84 00 | 3:55 |
24 | 20 33 | 83 40 | 4:01 |
25 | 20 46 | 83 19 | 4:07 |
26 | 21 00 | 83 00 | 4:13 |
27 | 21 12 | 83 15 | 4:18 |
28 | 21 24 | 83 31 | 4:23 |
29 | 21 35 | 83 47 | 4:28 |
30 | 21 24 | 84 06 | 4:33 |
31 | 21 13 | 84 25 | 4:38 |
32 | 21 01 | 84 44 | 4:44 |
33 | 20 50 | 85 02 | 4:49 |
34 | 20 39 | 85 21 | 4:54 |
35 | 20 28 | 85 39 | 5:00 |
36 | 20 16 | 85 58 | 5:05 |
37 | 20 05 | 86 17 | 5:10 |
38 | 19 54 | 86 35 | 5:16 |
39 | 20 15 | 86 24 | 5:21 |
40 | 20 35 | 86 14 | 5:27 |
41 | 20 57 | 86 02 | 5:33 |
42 | 21 17 | 85 51 | 5:39 |
43 | 21 39 | 85 41 | 5:45 |
44 | 22 00 | 85 30 | 5:51 |
45 | 22 19 | 85 30 | 5:56 |
46 | 22 40 | 85 30 | 6:01 |
47 | 23 00 | 85 30 | 6:06 |
48 | 23 19 | 85 30 | 6:11 |
49 | 23 40 | 85 30 | 6:16 |
50 | 24 00 | 85 30 | 6:21 |
51 | 24 19 | 85 30 | 6:26 |
52 | 24 40 | 85 30 | 6:31 |
53 | 25 00 | 85 30 | 6:36 |
54 | 25 19 | 85 30 | 6:41 |
55 | 25 40 | 85 30 | 6:46 |
56 | 26 00 | 85 30 | 6:51 |
TRACK DISTANCES | |||||
Drop # | LAT (d m) |
LON (d m) |
LEG (nm) |
TOTAL (nm) |
TIME (h:mm) |
0 | MACDILL | 0. | 0. | 0:00 | |
1 | 21 18 | 80 36 | 408. | 408. | 1:42 |
2 | 18 12 | 85 18 | 331. | 739. | 3:04 |
3 | 19 00 | 86 00 | 63. | 802. | 3:20 |
4 | 21 00 | 83 00 | 212. | 1014. | 4:13 |
5 | 21 36 | 83 48 | 59. | 1072. | 4:28 |
6 | 19 54 | 86 36 | 192. | 1264. | 5:16 |
7 | 22 00 | 85 30 | 141. | 1405. | 5:51 |
8 | 26 00 | 85 30 | 240. | 1645. | 6:51 |
9 | MACDILL | 202. | 1847. | 7:41 |