| Aircraft Commander | Kris Twining |
| Co-pilot | Ron Moyer |
| Flight Director | Paul Flaherty |
| Flight Director | Mike Holmes |
| Data Technician | Charles Lynch |
| Engineer | John Hill |
| Dropsonde Operator | Jeff Smith |
| Dropsonde Operator | Jeff Hartberger |
 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 October 01, 2016 3:25:03 PM Aircraft: N49RF Proposed takeoff: 02/1730Z | |||||||
| DROP LOCATION TABLE | |||||||
| # | LAT | LON | Time | ||||
| deg min | deg min | hr:min | |||||
| 1 | 29 00 | -78 00 | 0:36 | ||||
| 2 | 27 00 | -78 00 | 0:52 | ||||
| 3 | 23 12 | -77 12 | 1:24 | ||||
| 4 | 22 16 | -76 08 | 1:35 | ||||
| 5 | 21 20 | -75 04 | 1:47 | ||||
| 6 | 20 24 | -74 00 | 1:58 | ||||
| 7 | 18 40 | -74 36 | 2:13 | ||||
| 8 | 17 49 | -73 22 | 2:25 | ||||
| 9 | 17 00 | -72 30 | 2:35 | ||||
| 10 | 15 42 | -72 12 | 2:46 | ||||
| 11 | 14 24 | -72 30 | 2:56 | ||||
| 12 | 13 21 | -73 20 | 3:07 | ||||
| 13 | 12 47 | -74 32 | 3:18 | ||||
| 14 | 12 47 | -75 52 | 3:29 | ||||
| 15 | 13 21 | -77 04 | 3:40 | ||||
| 16 | 14 24 | -77 54 | 3:51 | ||||
| 17 | 15 42 | -78 12 | 4:01 | ||||
| 18 | 17 00 | -77 54 | 4:12 | ||||
| 19 | 18 00 | -80 00 | 4:31 | ||||
| 20 | 20 00 | -84 00 | 5:07 | ||||
| 21 | 22 00 | -86 00 | 5:30 | ||||
| 22 | 24 00 | -90 00 | 6:05 | ||||
| 23 | 26 00 | -90 00 | 6:21 | ||||
| 24 | 28 00 | -87 30 | 6:47 | ||||
| 25 | 26 00 | -87 30 | 7:03 | ||||
| 26 | 24 00 | -87 30 | 7:19 | ||||
| 27 | 24 00 | -85 00 | 7:39 | ||||
| 28 | 26 00 | -85 00 | 7:55 | ||||
| 29 | 28 00 | -85 00 | 8:12 | ||||
| Take off | Landing
| MacDill AFB, FL
| 17:18 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL
| 01:56 UTC
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Mission Data :
 Flight track |
 Temperature and Moisture |
 Wind and Atlitude |