Mission Summary
20040910N2 Aircraft 49RF
Ivan flight 2004

Scientific Crew (49RF)
Sonde ScientistJason Dunion

N49 drops

Mission Summary :

The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Jason Dunion flew a Synoptic Flow mission around Hurricane Ivan. The jet left MacDill AFB, FL at 01:30 PM EDT and recovered at MacDill AFB, FL at 09:47 PM EDT. A total of 29 dropsondes were released with 27 being transmitted in real-time to NHC

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN
IVAN
Aircraft: N49RF
Altitude: FL410-450
Proposed takeoff: 10/1730Z
DROP
#
LAT
(d m)
LON
(d m)
TIME
(h:mm)
1 23 2480 240:50
2 22 2378 231:07
3 21 2176 221:24
4 20 3074 001:44
5 20 4072 001:59
6 20 5070 002:14
7 21 0068 002:30
8 19 0068 002:46
9 17 0068 003:02
10 15 0068 003:19
11 15 0070 003:34
12 16 2370 003:45
13 17 4570 003:57
14 17 0072 004:13
15 15 0072 004:30
16 15 0074 004:46
17 16 3074 004:58
18 17 3075 005:09
19 16 0076 005:24
20 15 3978 145:41
21 16 4479 435:56
22 16 4481 366:11
23 18 3080 186:28
24 20 1679 436:43
25 20 4081 296:57
26 21 0583 147:11
27 21 3085 007:25
28 23 2784 307:41
29 25 2484 007:57

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