OPERATIONS
NOAA P-3s
NOAA-42: N42’s first flight flight into T.S. Earl commenced at 0800 UTC Sunday August 29, with subsequent flights every 12 hrs.
NOAA 43: N43 returned to Barbados from its mission into Earl at ~11:20 PM EDT Saturday, August 28.
P-3 flights will repeat at 12-hr intervals through the N43 flight at 2000 UTC Monday August 30. Decisions about next week will be made tomorrow.
G-IV
NOAA-49: Is flying an HRD mission into T.S. Earl with a 1730 UTC takeoff Sunday August 29. An additional research flight is possible for Monday 30 August.
AFRC DRIFT BUOY DEPLOYMENT: No missions scheduled for next 24 h.
CONFERENCE CALL
See the daily Tri-Agency list information from Michael Goodman. This conference is at 12:00 Noon every day and is by invitation only.
RAB
RAB/HAF/NMD
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