| Aircraft Commander | Ron Moyers |
| Co-pilot | David Cowan |
| Flight Director | Paul Flaherty |
| Flight Director | Mike Holmes |
| Data Technician | John Hill |
| Dropsonde Operator | Jeff Smith |
| Dropsonde Operator | Jeff Hartberger |
| Observer | Andrew Penny | (NHC) |
| Observer | Jeff Patterson | (WFLA) |
 Proposed NOAA 49 track |
 Final NOAA 49 track |
Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF will conduct NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission on Hurricane Matthew in between Cuba and Hispanola.
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Prepared by National Hurricane Center October 03, 2016 2:32:31 PM Aircraft: N49RF Proposed takeoff: 04/1730Z | |||||||
| DROP LOCATION TABLE | |||||||
| # | LAT | LON | Time | ||||
| deg min | deg min | hr:min | |||||
| 1 | 30 00 | -77 30 | 0:42 | ||||
| 2 | 30 00 | -75 00 | 1:01 | ||||
| 3 | 28 00 | -75 00 | 1:18 | ||||
| 4 | 28 00 | -77 30 | 1:37 | ||||
| 5 | 25 00 | -79 00 | 2:04 | ||||
| 6 | 23 21 | -78 12 | 2:19 | ||||
| 7 | 22 14 | -77 08 | 2:31 | ||||
| 8 | 23 09 | -76 22 | 2:41 | ||||
| 9 | 23 43 | -75 10 | 2:52 | ||||
| 10 | 23 43 | -73 50 | 3:02 | ||||
| 11 | 23 09 | -72 38 | 3:13 | ||||
| 12 | 22 06 | -71 48 | 3:23 | ||||
| 13 | 20 48 | -71 30 | 3:34 | ||||
| 14 | 20 00 | -70 00 | 3:48 | ||||
| 15 | 18 00 | -68 00 | 4:11 | ||||
| 16 | 17 30 | -70 00 | 4:27 | ||||
| 17 | 17 43 | -72 46 | 4:49 | ||||
| 18 | 17 53 | -73 50 | 4:58 | ||||
| 19 | 17 53 | -75 10 | 5:08 | ||||
| 20 | 19 25 | -77 12 | 5:29 | ||||
| 21 | 20 00 | -79 00 | 5:44 | ||||
| 22 | 20 30 | -82 30 | 6:12 | ||||
| 23 | 22 00 | -85 00 | 6:35 | ||||
| 24 | 24 00 | -85 00 | 6:52 | ||||
| 25 | 26 00 | -85 00 | 7:08 | ||||
| 26 | 26 00 | -87 30 | 7:27 | ||||
| 27 | 28 00 | -87 30 | 7:44 | ||||
| 28 | 30 00 | -87 30 | 8:00 | ||||
| 29 | 28 00 | -85 00 | 8:25 | ||||
| Take off | Landing
| MacDill AFB, FL
| 17:37 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL
| 01:36 UTC
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Mission Data :
 Flight track |
 Temperature and Moisture |
 Wind and Atlitude |