Mission Summary
20160901 Aircraft NCAR G-V
Hurricane Lester

Aircraft Crew (NCAR G-V)
Aircraft CommanderLee Baker (NCAR)
Co-pilotBo LeMay (NCAR)
Mission ManagerCory Wolf (NCAR)
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
MechanicJason Morris (NCAR)
El TechnicianBill Irwin (NCAR)
Dropsonde OperatorCharles Lynch


Proposed NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

NCAR's G-V jet will conduct NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission around Hurricane Lester in the Central Pacific.

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: LESTER
Prepared by the National Hurricane Center
August 31, 2016 2:56:17 PM
Aircraft: NCAR G-V
Proposed takeoff: 01/1730Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON Time
deg min deg min hr:min
1 21 52-156 160:14
2 22 26-154 380:27
3 23 00-153 000:41
4 23 00-151 000:57
5 25 00-150 001:15
6 25 00-148 001:30
7 25 00-146 001:46
8 23 00-145 002:04
9 20 57-146 342:25
10 21 31-145 222:36
11 21 31-144 022:46
12 20 57-142 502:57
13 19 54-142 003:08
14 21 00-141 003:20
15 21 00-139 003:35
16 22 00-138 003:47
17 23 00-137 003:58
18 22 00-136 004:09
19 21 00-135 004:21
20 19 00-136 004:39
21 19 00-138 004:55
22 19 00-140 005:11
23 18 36-141 425:25
24 17 18-142 005:36
25 16 15-142 505:46
26 15 41-144 025:57
27 15 41-145 226:08
28 16 15-146 346:19
29 17 18-147 246:30
30 18 36-147 426:40
31 19 54-147 246:51
32 19 27-148 427:02
33 19 00-150 007:13
34 19 00-152 007:29
35 20 00-153 007:41
36 21 00-154 007:52
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