Sonde Scientist | Sean White |
Sonde Scientist | Shirley Murillo |
The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Sean White and Shirley Murillo, will conduct an NHC-tasked synoptic surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Lili at the nominal time of 12 UTC/October 1. Take-off time will be at 1:30 AM EDT from MacDill AFB and landed at 10 AM EDT in MacDill AFB, FL.
Mission Summary :
A phone call was made to the Hurricane Specialist on duty. The following important information was relayed :
DROP LOCATIONS | |||
Drop # | LAT (d m) |
LON (d m) |
TIME (h:mm) |
1 | 25 23 | 83 30 | 0:21 |
2 | 23 07 | 80 46 | 0:49 |
3 | 22 48 | 79 08 | 1:02 |
4 | 22 30 | 77 30 | 1:16 |
5 | 24 40 | 77 30 | 1:33 |
6 | 26 49 | 77 30 | 1:51 |
7 | 29 00 | 77 30 | 2:09 |
8 | 29 00 | 75 30 | 2:24 |
9 | 29 00 | 73 30 | 2:39 |
10 | 26 30 | 72 30 | 3:01 |
11 | 26 30 | 75 00 | 3:21 |
12 | 24 00 | 75 00 | 3:41 |
13 | 24 00 | 73 30 | 3:53 |
14 | 24 00 | 72 00 | 4:04 |
15 | 22 00 | 73 00 | 4:23 |
16 | 20 00 | 74 00 | 4:41 |
17 | 19 30 | 76 30 | 5:01 |
18 | 19 00 | 79 00 | 5:21 |
19 | 17 45 | 81 00 | 5:40 |
20 | 16 30 | 83 00 | 5:59 |
21 | 19 24 | 83 47 | 6:24 |
22 | 20 21 | 86 04 | 6:44 |
23 | 22 21 | 86 55 | 7:01 |
24 | 24 37 | 85 53 | 7:21 |
25 | 27 30 | 87 30 | 7:48 |
26 | 27 40 | 85 00 | 8:07 |
TRACK DISTANCES | ||||||
Drop # | LAT (d m) |
LON (d m) |
RAD/AZM (nm/dg) |
LEG (nm) |
TOTAL (nm) |
TIME (h:mm) |
0 | MACDILL | 0. | 0. | 0:00 | ||
1 | 25 23 | 83 30 | 180/5 | 158. | 158. | 0:21 |
2 | 23 08 | 80 46 | 180/75 | 207. | 365. | 0:49 |
3 | 22 30 | 77 30 | 192. | 558. | 1:16 | |
4 | 29 00 | 77 30 | 390. | 948. | 2:09 | |
5 | 29 00 | 73 30 | 224. | 1172. | 2:39 | |
6 | 26 30 | 72 30 | 160. | 1332. | 3:01 | |
7 | 26 30 | 75 00 | 142. | 1474. | 3:21 | |
8 | 24 00 | 75 00 | 150. | 1624. | 3:41 | |
9 | 24 00 | 72 00 | 172. | 1796. | 4:04 | |
10 | 20 00 | 74 00 | 266. | 2063. | 4:41 | |
11 | 19 00 | 79 00 | 297. | 2360. | 5:21 | |
12 | 16 30 | 83 00 | 278. | 2638. | 5:59 | |
13 | 19 24 | 83 48 | 180/180 | 180. | 2818. | 6:24 |
14 | 20 22 | 86 05 | 180/225 | 145. | 2963. | 6:44 |
15 | 22 21 | 86 55 | 180/269 | 129. | 3092. | 7:01 |
16 | 24 38 | 85 54 | 180/320 | 149. | 3241. | 7:21 |
17 | 27 30 | 87 30 | 195. | 3436. | 7:48 | |
18 | MACDILL | 282. | 3718. | 8:26 |
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