Sonde Scientist | Sean White |
Visiting Scientist | Pay-Liam Lin |
The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Sean White and a guest scientist conducted an NHC-tasked synoptic surveillance mission around Hurricane Isidore at the nominal time of 00 UTC/September 22. Take-off time was at 1:30 PM EDT from MacDill AFB and landed at 10:00 PM EDT at MacDill AFB, FL.
Mission Summary :
A phone call was made to the Hurricane Specialist on Duty, Richard Pasch. The following important information was relayed :
DROP LOCATIONS | |||
Drop # | LAT (d m) |
LON (d m) |
TIME (h:mm) |
1 | 29 00 | 77 30 | 0:39 |
2 | 29 45 | 75 00 | 0:59 |
3 | 29 45 | 72 45 | 1:16 |
4 | 29 45 | 70 30 | 1:34 |
5 | 28 07 | 68 37 | 1:53 |
6 | 26 30 | 66 45 | 2:13 |
7 | 24 45 | 69 00 | 2:35 |
8 | 26 00 | 70 22 | 2:50 |
9 | 27 15 | 71 45 | 3:05 |
10 | 27 07 | 73 45 | 3:20 |
11 | 27 00 | 75 45 | 3:36 |
12 | 25 30 | 76 52 | 3:51 |
13 | 24 00 | 78 00 | 4:06 |
14 | 23 15 | 76 45 | 4:18 |
15 | 22 30 | 75 30 | 4:29 |
16 | 24 32 | 73 15 | 4:53 |
17 | 22 30 | 71 00 | 5:18 |
18 | 21 07 | 72 37 | 5:35 |
19 | 19 45 | 74 15 | 5:52 |
20 | 19 45 | 75 52 | 6:05 |
21 | 19 45 | 77 30 | 6:18 |
22 | 20 30 | 78 45 | 6:29 |
23 | 21 15 | 80 00 | 6:41 |
24 | 21 22 | 82 32 | 7:01 |
25 | 21 30 | 85 05 | 7:21 |
26 | 23 30 | 85 03 | 7:38 |
27 | 25 30 | 85 01 | 7:54 |
28 | 27 30 | 85 00 | 8:10 ÿ |
TRACK DISTANCES | |||||||
Drop # | LAT (d m) |
LON (d m) |
LEG (nm) |
TOTAL (nm) |
TIME (h:mm) | ||
0 | MACDILL | 0. | 0. | 0:00 | |||
1 | 29 00 | 77 30 | 291. | 291. | 0:39 | ||
2 | 29 45 | 75 00 | 147. | 438. | 0:59 | ||
3 | 29 45 | 70 30 | 252. | 689. | 1:34 | ||
4 | 26 30 | 66 45 | 288. | 977. | 2:13 | ||
5 | 24 45 | 69 00 | 166. | 1143. | 2:35 | ||
6 | 27 15 | 71 45 | 217. | 1359. | 3:05 | ||
7 | 27 00 | 75 45 | 227. | 1586. | 3:36 | ||
8 | 24 00 | 78 00 | 221. | 1807. | 4:06 | ||
9 | 22 30 | 75 30 | 170. | 1977. | 4:29 | ||
10 | 24 33 | 73 15 | 178. | 2155. | 4:53 | ||
11 | 22 30 | 71 00 | 178. | 2334. | 5:18 | ||
12 | 19 45 | 74 15 | 250. | 2584. | 5:52 | ||
13 | 19 45 | 77 30 | 189. | 2773. | 6:18 | ||
14 | 21 15 | 80 00 | 171. | 2944. | 6:41 | ||
15 | 21 30 | 85 06 | 296. | 3240. | 7:21 | ||
16 | 27 30 | 85 00 | 360. | 3600. | 8:10 | ||
17 | MACDILL | 142. | 3741. | 8:30 ÿ |
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