| Aircraft Commander | Doug MacIntyre |
| Co-pilot | Brad Fritzler |
| Co-pilot | David Cowan |
| Flight Engineer | Angel Negron |
| Flight Director | Paul Flaherty |
| Flight Director | Ian Sears |
| Data Technician | Joe Greene |
| Dropsonde Operator | Gabe Defeo |
| Dropsonde Operator | Jeff Newnam |
| Dropsonde Operator | Leonard Miller |
 Proposed NOAA 49 track |
 Final NOAA 49 track |
Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF will conduct NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission on Tropical Storm Matthew in the eastern Caribbean.
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Prepared by National Hurricane Center September 29, 2016 2:36:05 PM Aircraft: N49RF Proposed takeoff: 30/1730Z | |||||||
| DROP LOCATION TABLE | |||||||
| # | LAT | LON | Time | ||||
| deg min | deg min | hr:min | |||||
| 1 | 17 30 | -68 30 | 0:30 | ||||
| 2 | 16 49 | -71 08 | 0:51 | ||||
| 3 | 16 15 | -69 56 | 1:02 | ||||
| 4 | 15 12 | -69 06 | 1:13 | ||||
| 5 | 13 54 | -68 48 | 1:24 | ||||
| 6 | 12 36 | -69 06 | 1:35 | ||||
| 7 | 11 44 | -69 34 | 1:43 | ||||
| 8 | 11 30 | -71 30 | 1:59 | ||||
| 9 | 11 33 | -73 40 | 2:16 | ||||
| 10 | 12 36 | -74 30 | 2:27 | ||||
| 11 | 13 54 | -74 48 | 2:38 | ||||
| 12 | 15 12 | -74 30 | 2:49 | ||||
| 13 | 16 15 | -73 40 | 2:60 | ||||
| 14 | 16 49 | -72 28 | 3:10 | ||||
| 15 | 19 00 | -75 00 | 3:37 | ||||
| 16 | 19 00 | -79 00 | 4:09 | ||||
| 17 | 20 00 | -83 00 | 4:42 | ||||
| 18 | 21 30 | -85 30 | 5:05 | ||||
| 19 | 22 00 | -87 30 | 5:22 | ||||
| 20 | 24 00 | -90 00 | 5:47 | ||||
| 21 | 26 00 | -90 00 | 6:04 | ||||
| 22 | 28 00 | -90 00 | 6:20 | ||||
| 23 | 28 00 | -87 30 | 6:39 | ||||
| 24 | 26 00 | -87 30 | 6:55 | ||||
| 25 | 24 00 | -87 30 | 7:12 | ||||
| 26 | 24 00 | -85 00 | 7:31 | ||||
| 27 | 26 00 | -85 00 | 7:48 | ||||
| 28 | 28 00 | -85 00 | 8:04 | ||||
| Take off | Landing
| St. Croix, USVI
| 17:45 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL
| 02:08 UTC
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Problems :
Mission Data :
 Flight track |
 Temperature and Moisture |
 Wind and Atlitude |