Mission Summary
20180905N1 Aircraft 49RF
Hurricane Norman (EP16)
Synoptic Surveillance

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderRon Moyers
Co-pilotRebecca Waddington
Co-pilotDavid Cowan
Flight DirectorRich Henning
Flight DirectorNic Morgan
Data TechnicianGabe Defeo
Data TechnicianMike Macallister
Dropsonde OperatorJeff Smith
Dropsonde OperatorAkshar Patel
Crew ChiefAngel Negron

Scientific Crew (49RF)
None


Proposed NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF (N49) will fly a NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance missions around Hurricane Norman.

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: Norman
Prepared by the National Hurricane Center
September 04, 2018 1:58:39 PM
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 05/1730Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON Time
deg min deg min hr:min
1 23 00 -157 000:16
2 25 00 -156 000:34
3 27 00 -155 000:53
4 27 00 -153 001:08
5 27 00 -151 001:23
6 25 00 -152 001:42
7 25 00 -154 001:57
8 23 00 -155 002:15
9 23 00 -153 002:31
10 22 45 -150 282:51
11 23 19 -149 163:02
12 24 24 -150 063:13
13 24 54 -148 363:25
14 26 30 -149 003:38
15 27 54 -148 063:52
16 26 54 -146 364:06
17 25 24 -146 064:19
18 23 54 -145 364:32
19 24 24 -147 064:44
20 23 19 -147 564:55
21 22 45 -146 445:06
22 21 42 -145 545:16
23 20 24 -145 365:27
24 19 06 -145 545:38
25 18 03 -146 445:49
26 17 29 -147 565:60
27 17 29 -149 166:10
28 18 03 -150 286:21
29 19 06 -151 186:32
30 20 24 -151 366:43
31 21 42 -151 186:54
32 21 30 -153 007:07
33 21 30 -155 007:23

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Honolulu, HI 17:24 UTC Honolulu, HI 01:05 UTC

Problems :

Mission Data :


Flight track
Temperature and Moisture
Wind and Atlitude

Flight Director's log | NetCDF data | 1 second data

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