Lead scientist | Nick Shay (RSMAS) |
Radar scientist | Mike Black |
AXBT scientists | Joe Cione |
SRA scientist | Ed Walsh (NASA) |
AXBT scientist | Tom Cook (RSMAS) |
AXBT scientist | Scott Guhin (RSMAS) |
Mission Briefing:
NOAA N43RF flew an Air/sea interaction in-storm experiment into Hurricane Lili. It departed MacDill AFB at 10 PM of Oct. 1 and recovered at MacDill AFB at 7:30 AM of Oct. 2.
Mission Synopsis
Mission Data
Flight Data | ||
Flight track detail |
Temperature and Moisture |
Wind and Atlitude |
Flight track |
DROP LOCATIONS | |||
Drop # | LAT (d m) |
LON (d m) |
TIME (h:mm) |
1 | 24 47 | 84 19 | 0:52 |
2 | 24 30 | 84 47 | 1:00 |
3 | 24 22 | 85 00 | 1:04 |
4 | 24 14 | 85 12 | 1:07 |
5 | 24 05 | 85 24 | 1:11 |
6 | 23 58 | 85 36 | 1:14 |
7 | 23 49 | 85 48 | 1:18 |
8 | 23 42 | 86 00 | 1:21 |
9 | 23 33 | 86 12 | 1:25 |
10 | 23 26 | 86 24 | 1:28 |
11 | 23 17 | 86 36 | 1:32 |
12 | 23 10 | 86 48 | 1:35 |
13 | 23 01 | 87 00 | 1:39 |
14 | 22 54 | 87 12 | 1:42 |
15 | 22 45 | 87 24 | 1:46 |
16 | 22 37 | 87 36 | 1:49 |
17 | 22 30 | 87 48 | 1:53 |
18 | 22 11 | 87 17 | 2:02 |
19 | 21 52 | 86 46 | 2:10 |
20 | 21 34 | 86 15 | 2:19 |
21 | 21 48 | 86 15 | 2:23 |
22 | 22 03 | 86 15 | 2:27 |
23 | 22 18 | 86 15 | 2:30 |
24 | 22 33 | 86 15 | 2:34 |
25 | 22 47 | 86 15 | 2:38 |
26 | 23 02 | 86 15 | 2:41 |
27 | 23 17 | 86 15 | 2:45 |
28 | 23 31 | 86 15 | 2:49 |
29 | 23 46 | 86 15 | 2:52 |
30 | 24 01 | 86 15 | 2:56 |
31 | 24 16 | 86 15 | 3:00 |
32 | 24 30 | 86 15 | 3:03 |
33 | 24 45 | 86 15 | 3:07 |
34 | 25 00 | 86 15 | 3:11 |
35 | 25 15 | 86 15 | 3:14 |
36 | 24 56 | 86 46 | 3:23 |
37 | 24 37 | 87 18 | 3:32 |
38 | 24 18 | 87 50 | 3:41 |
39 | 24 11 | 87 38 | 3:45 |
40 | 24 04 | 87 25 | 3:48 |
41 | 23 56 | 87 12 | 3:52 |
42 | 23 49 | 86 59 | 3:56 |
43 | 23 42 | 86 46 | 3:59 |
44 | 23 35 | 86 33 | 4:03 |
45 | 23 27 | 86 21 | 4:06 |
46 | 23 20 | 86 08 | 4:10 |
47 | 23 13 | 85 55 | 4:13 |
48 | 23 06 | 85 42 | 4:17 |
49 | 22 58 | 85 29 | 4:21 |
50 | 22 51 | 85 16 | 4:24 |
51 | 22 44 | 85 04 | 4:28 |
52 | 22 37 | 84 51 | 4:31 |
53 | 22 30 | 84 38 | 4:35 |
TRACK DISTANCES | |||||
Drop # | LAT (d m) |
LON (d m) |
LEG (nm) |
TOTAL (nm) |
TIME (h:mm) |
0 | MACDILL | 0. | 0. | 0:00 | |
1 | 24 48 | 84 19 | 210. | 210. | 0:52 |
2 | 24 30 | 84 48 | 33. | 242. | 1:00 |
3 | 22 30 | 87 49 | 211. | 453. | 1:53 |
4 | 21 34 | 86 15 | 106. | 559. | 2:19 |
5 | 25 15 | 86 15 | 221. | 780. | 3:14 |
6 | 24 19 | 87 51 | 107. | 887. | 3:41 |
7 | 22 30 | 84 38 | 214. | 1101. | 4:35 |
8 | MACDILL | 343. | 1444. | 6:01 |