| Aircraft Commander | Kris Twining |
| Co-pilot | David Cowan |
| Flight Director | Rich Henning |
| Flight Director | Ian Sears |
| Data Technician | Joe Greene |
| Dropsonde Operator | Gabe Defeo |
| Dropsonde Operator | Jeff Newnam |
| Dropsonde Operator | Leonard Miller |
| Lead Scientist | Andy Hagen(NHC) |
 Proposed NOAA 49 track |
 Final NOAA 49 track |
Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF will conduct NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission on Hurricane Matthew in the eastern Caribbean.
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Prepared by National Hurricane Center September 30, 2016 2:53:51 PM Aircraft: N49RF Proposed takeoff: 01/1730Z | |||||||
| DROP LOCATION TABLE | |||||||
| # | LAT | LON | Time | ||||
| deg min | deg min | hr:min | |||||
| 1 | 23 00 | -77 00 | 0:58 | ||||
| 2 | 21 30 | -76 00 | 1:13 | ||||
| 3 | 20 00 | -74 00 | 1:33 | ||||
| 4 | 18 30 | -75 30 | 1:50 | ||||
| 5 | 16 43 | -74 58 | 2:05 | ||||
| 6 | 16 43 | -73 38 | 2:16 | ||||
| 7 | 16 09 | -72 26 | 2:27 | ||||
| 8 | 15 06 | -71 36 | 2:38 | ||||
| 9 | 13 48 | -71 18 | 2:48 | ||||
| 10 | 12 37 | -71 32 | 2:58 | ||||
| 11 | 11 50 | -72 40 | 3:10 | ||||
| 12 | 11 30 | -73 38 | 3:18 | ||||
| 13 | 11 04 | -75 04 | 3:30 | ||||
| 14 | 11 27 | -76 10 | 3:40 | ||||
| 15 | 12 30 | -77 00 | 3:50 | ||||
| 16 | 13 48 | -77 18 | 4:01 | ||||
| 17 | 15 06 | -77 00 | 4:12 | ||||
| 18 | 16 09 | -76 10 | 4:23 | ||||
| 19 | 17 30 | -80 00 | 4:56 | ||||
| 20 | 18 30 | -82 00 | 5:14 | ||||
| 21 | 19 30 | -84 00 | 5:31 | ||||
| 22 | 21 00 | -86 00 | 5:52 | ||||
| 23 | 23 00 | -88 00 | 6:14 | ||||
| 24 | 24 00 | -90 00 | 6:32 | ||||
| 25 | 26 00 | -90 00 | 6:48 | ||||
| 26 | 28 00 | -90 00 | 7:05 | ||||
| 27 | 28 00 | -87 30 | 7:24 | ||||
| 28 | 25 30 | -87 30 | 7:44 | ||||
| 29 | 25 30 | -85 00 | 8:04 | ||||
| 30 | 28 00 | -85 00 | 8:24 | ||||
| Take off | Landing
| MacDill AFB, FL
| 17:29 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL
| 01:56 UTC
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Problems :
 Flight track |
 Temperature and Moisture |
 Wind and Atlitude |