OPERATIONS
NOAA P-3s
NOAA-42: Departed MacDill AFB at 4 PM EDT (2000 UTC) for an IFEX mission in TD 5 (AL94) over the Gulf of America. Follow-on missions are tentatively planned for Thursday, August 12, 2010, at 4 AM (0800 UTC) and 4 PM (2000 UTC) as long as the system remains of interest and is over water (could be cancelled). A go-no-go decision for one or both of the the follow-on missions will be made Wednesday evening or Thursday morning at/after the 10:30 AM EDT (1430 UTC) briefing/conference call. Three HRD scientists will be aboard these missions.
NOAA 43: Unavailable.
G-IV
NOAA-49: Departed MacDill AFB for a mission around TD 5 (AL94) today at 1:30 PM EDT (1730 UTC). The follow-on mission scheduled to depart MacDill AFB Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 1:30 PM EDT (1730 UTC) has been cancelled. An HRD scientist is aboard today’s G-IV mission.
AFRC DRIFT BUOY DEPLOYMENT: No missions scheduled for next 24 h.
CONFERENCE CALL: A conference call has been scheduled for Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 10:30 AM EDT (1430 UTC).
HAF
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