Mission Summary
20170917N1 Aircraft 49RF
Hurricane Jose (AL12)
Synoptic Surveillance

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderDoug MacIntyre
Co-pilotFritzler
Co-pilotTanner Sims
Flight DirectorRich Henning
Flight DirectorBrian Belson
Data TechnicianGabe DeFeo
Dropsonde OperatorUnderwood
Dropsonde OperatorPaul
Syystem EngineerJoe Greene


Original Proposed NOAA 49 track

Actual Synoptic Surveillance NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF (N49) will fly a synoptic surveillance mission around Hurricane Jose.

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: JOSE
Prepared by the National Hurricane Center
September 06, 2017 12:57 PM
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 17/1730Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON
degs degs
Take off27.960-81.950
125.000-76.000
225.000-74.000
325.000-72.000
425.000-70.000
527.000-71.000
627.000-73.000
727.000-75.000
827.000-77.000
929.500-79.000
1029.500-77.500
1129.500-76.000
1231.100-74.700
1330.057-73.868
1429.478-72.667
1529.478-71.333
1630.057-70.132
1731.100-69.300
1830.000-68.000
1930.000-66.500
2033.500-66.500
2132.500-67.500
2232.400-69.003
2333.700-69.300
2434.743-70.132
2535.322-71.333
2637.000-70.000
2739.000-69.000
2841.000-68.000
2940.000-71.000
3038.000-73.000
3137.000-75.000
3235.322-72.667
3334.743-73.868
3433.700-74.700
3532.400-74.997
3632.000-77.000
3732.000-78.500
3830.653-79.650
Land27.960-81.950

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Linder-Lakeland, FL 17:32 UTC Savannah, GA 00:56 UTC

21 sondes deployed, 21 sent. Problems :

This flight was scrubbed after drop point #27 due to mechanical problems


Mission Data :


Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude

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