Mission Summary
20170919N1 Aircraft 49RF
Hurricane Maria (AL15)
Synoptic Surveillance

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft Commander
Co-pilot
Co-pilot
Co-pilot
Flight Engineer
Flight Engineer
Flight Engineer
Flight Engineer
Navigator
Navigator
Flight DirectorRich Henning
Flight DirectorBrian Belson
System Engineer
Data TechnicianGabe Defeo
Data Technician
Dropsonde Operator
Dropsonde Operator
Mechanic
Mechanic


Original Proposed NOAA 49 track
Actual Synoptic Surveillance NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

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

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: MARIA
Prepared by the National Hurricane Center
September 18, 2017 5:48:08 PM
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 19/1730Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON Time
deg min deg min hr:min
1 30 00 -78 00 0:26
2 28 00 -78 00 0:43
3 26 00 -78 00 0:59
4 24 00 -78 00 1:16
5 22 00 -75 00 1:44
6 24 00 -75 00 2:01
7 26 00 -75 00 2:17
8 28 00 -75 00 2:33
9 27 00 -72 00 2:58
10 25 00 -72 00 3:14
11 23 00 -72 00 3:31
12 22 00 -70 00 3:48
13 22 00 -68 00 4:04
14 22 00 -66 00 4:20
15 22 00 -64 00 4:36
16 22 00 -62 00 4:51
17 20 00 -60 00 5:14
18 18 06 -61 24 5:33
19 19 09 -62 14 5:44
20 19 43 -63 26 5:55
21 19 43 -64 46 6:05
22 16 48 -67 06 6:35
23 15 30 -66 48 6:46
24 14 27 -65 58 6:57
25 13 53 -64 46 7:08
26 13 53 -63 26 7:19
27 14 27 -62 14 7:30

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Linder-Lakeland, FL 17:26 UTC Barbados, BWI 01:45 UTC

Problems :

Mission Data :

Flight Director's log | Flight Director's manifest | NetCDF data | serial data | 1 second data


Flight track
Temperature and Moisture
Wind and Atlitude

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