Mission Summary
20161005N2 Aircraft 49RF
Hurricane Matthew
Mission aborted

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderRon Moyers
Co-pilotDavid Cowan
Flight DirectorPaul Flaherty
Flight DirectorMike Holmes
Data TechnicianCharles Lynch
Dropsonde OperatorJohn Hill
Dropsonde OperatorJeff Smith
Dropsonde OperatorJeff Hartberger


Proposed NOAA 49 track

Final NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF will conduct NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission on Hurricane Matthew north of Cuba.

MISSION PLAN: MATTHEW
Prepared by National Hurricane Center
October 04, 2016 1:47:01 PM
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 05/1730Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON Time
deg min deg min hr:min
1 25 24 -78 480:35
2 26 36 -78 000:47
3 28 30 -78 301:03
4 30 00 -78 301:15
5 31 30 -78 301:27
6 33 00 -76 301:47
7 33 00 -74 302:02
8 33 00 -72 302:17
9 31 30 -72 302:29
10 31 30 -74 302:44
11 31 30 -76 302:59
12 30 00 -76 303:11
13 30 00 -74 303:27
14 30 00 -72 303:42
15 30 00 -70 303:57
16 28 30 -70 304:09
17 28 30 -72 304:25
18 28 30 -74 304:40
19 28 30 -76 304:55
20 26 55 -76 305:08
21 26 55 -75 205:17
22 26 21 -74 085:28
23 27 00 -72 305:41
24 27 00 -70 305:57
25 25 18 -71 306:13
26 25 18 -73 186:27
27 24 00 -73 006:38
28 22 42 -73 186:49
29 21 39 -74 086:59
30 21 24 -75 277:10
31 21 54 -77 007:23
32 22 59 -78 327:38
33 24 00 -79 007:47
Mission Summary :

Mission aborted mid-flight due to technical problems.

Take off Landing
MacDill AFB, FL 17:32 UTC MacDill AFB, FL 20:51 UTC


Problems :

NetCDF | One second | serial | Flight Director's log | Flight Director's manifest


Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude


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