Mission Summary
20101103H1 Aircraft 42RF
Genesis Mission Tropical Disturbance Tomas

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderCarl Newman
Co-pilotJustin Kibbey
Co-pilotCathy Martin
Flight EngineerGreg Bast
NavigatorRyan Kidder
Flight DirectorIan Sears
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
Data TechnicianTerry Lynch
Dropsonde OperatorBill Olney
Electronics TechnicianBobby Peek
Electronics TechnicianJames Warnecke
MechanicRandy Mitchell
MechanicRob Miletic
Scientific Crew (42RF)
Lead ScientistRob Rogers
Lead ScientistPaul Reasor
Radar ScientistShirley Murillo
Dropsonde ScientistBrad Klotz


Mission Plan :

NOAA 42RF will fly an HRD-tasked Genesis mission in Tropical Disturbance Tomas in the Caribbean Sea. The P-3 will leave MacDill AFB, FL at 2000 UTC and will recover in St Croix, USVI by 0500 UTC of the following day. The plan is to do a figure- 4 with 90 nm legs. The flight track time is calculated for 11,000ft. We would like to fly at 10,000ft (pressure). We will be doing drops at the end points of the legs.

TDR MISSION PLAN: Tomas
Prepared by: Hurricane Research Division
Aircraft: N43RF
Proposed takeoff: 03/2000Z
DROP LAT LON Radius/Azimuth Elapsed Time
# (d m) (d m) (nm dg) (h m)
1 20 0073 45 2:29
2S16 1275 36 90/0003:31
3S13 1275 36 90/1804:15
4S14 4274 03 90/0904:47
5S14 4277 09 90/2705:32
6S14 4274 03 90/0906:17

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
MacDill AFB, FL 03/20:29 UTC St. Croix, USVI 04/04:41 UTC

NOAA 42RF flew an HRD-tasked Genesis mission in Tropical Disturbance Tomas in the Caribbean Sea. The P-3 left MacDill AFB, FL at 2000 UTC and recovered in St Croix, USVI at 0441 UTC on the 4th. The track was a figure-4 with 90 nm legs. We flew at 10,000ft (pressure). We made drops at the end points of the legs.

Problems :


Mission Data :

Flight Director forms | ASDL log | LPS forms | Radar forms | Dropsonde forms |
Serial data | 1 second data | NetCDF data | SFMR (NetCDF) data |

Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude

Flight track


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