NOAA42 is ready for take-off for a seven-hour flight. This morning’s flight was canceled due to mechanical issues. The aircraft is repaired and it is scheduled to depart from the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, Lakeland, FL at 10PM (0200 UTC). This flight is tasked by NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Center. They are interested in a series of flights. The data from this flight will go into the models to improve the prediction of the track and intensity of Harvey. Below is the proposed flight track. The dots on the flight track (shown in green) represent the aircraft turn points. The red dots in the figure show the locations that launch weather balloons twice a day while the purple dots are the locations that launch balloons once a day.
