| Aircraft Commander | Do Moyers |
| Co-pilot | David Cowan |
| Flight Director | Paul Flaherty |
| Flight Director | Mike Holmes |
| Data Technician | Charles Lyncy |
| Dropsonde Operator | Jeff Hartberger |
| Dropsonde Operator | Jeff Smith |
| Dropsonde Operator | John Hill |
 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.
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Prepared by National Hurricane Center October 05, 2016 3:20:06 PM Aircraft: N49RF Proposed takeoff: 06/1730Z | |||||||
| DROP LOCATION TABLE | |||||||
| # | LAT | LON | Time | ||||
| deg min | deg min | hr:min | |||||
| 1 | 29 31 | -79 40 | 0:26 | ||||
| 2 | 31 30 | -79 30 | 0:42 | ||||
| 3 | 32 00 | -77 30 | 0:58 | ||||
| 4 | 33 30 | -76 00 | 1:14 | ||||
| 5 | 33 00 | -74 00 | 1:30 | ||||
| 6 | 33 00 | -72 00 | 1:45 | ||||
| 7 | 32 00 | -70 00 | 2:02 | ||||
| 8 | 30 00 | -70 00 | 2:18 | ||||
| 9 | 28 00 | -70 00 | 2:35 | ||||
| 10 | 28 00 | -72 00 | 2:50 | ||||
| 11 | 28 00 | -74 00 | 3:05 | ||||
| 12 | 30 00 | -72 30 | 3:25 | ||||
| 13 | 30 00 | -74 30 | 3:41 | ||||
| 14 | 30 00 | -76 30 | 3:56 | ||||
| 15 | 28 30 | -77 30 | 4:10 | ||||
| 16 | 27 30 | -76 30 | 4:22 | ||||
| 17 | 26 00 | -76 30 | 4:34 | ||||
| 18 | 23 41 | -78 20 | 4:58 | ||||
| 19 | 23 41 | -79 40 | 5:08 | ||||
| 20 | 26 28 | -83 30 | 5:46 | ||||
| 21 | 26 30 | -85 30 | 6:01 | ||||
| 22 | 26 30 | -87 30 | 6:17 | ||||
| 23 | 25 30 | -89 30 | 6:34 | ||||
| 24 | 27 00 | -90 00 | 6:47 | ||||
| 25 | 28 30 | -89 30 | 6:60 | ||||
| 26 | 30 00 | -87 30 | 7:19 | ||||
| 27 | 28 30 | -86 00 | 7:36 | ||||
| 28 | 29 00 | -84 00 | 7:52 | ||||
| Take off | Landing
| MacDill AFB, FL
| 17:12 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL
| 01:20 UTC
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28 sondes released, all good and sent.
Mission Data :
 Flight track |
 Temperature and Moisture |
 Wind and Atlitude |