Research missions Friday, normal recon starts Saturday
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 8/20/2015, 12:13 pm
"WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS
CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL.
1145 AM EDT THU 20 AUGUST 2015
SUBJECT: TROPICAL CYCLONE PLAN OF THE DAY (TCPOD)
        VALID 21/1100Z TO 22/1100Z AUGUST 2015
        TCPOD NUMBER.....15-086

I.  ATLANTIC REQUIREMENTS
   1. NEGATIVE RECONNAISSANCE REQUIREMENTS.
   2. OUTLOOK FOR SUCCEEDING DAY: BEGIN 12-HRLY FIXES ON
      HURRICANE DANNY AT 22/2000Z NEAR 15.4N 52.7W AND AT
      23/1200Z NEAR 16.0N 56.4W.
   3. REMARKS: P-3 TAIL DOPPLER RADAR MISSIONS INTO DANNY
      EVERY 12 HOURS BEGINNING AT 22/1800Z. NOAA'S P-3
      AND G-IV WILL DO RESEARCH MISSIONS AROUND DANNY AT
      21/1400Z AND 21/1730Z RESPECTIVELY

II. PACIFIC REQUIREMENTS
   1. DEVELOPING SYSTEM NEAR HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
      FLIGHT ONE -- TEAL 76
      A. 22/0600Z
      B. AFXXX 01AAC INVEST
      C. 22/0100Z
      D. 14.5N 155.0W
      E. 22/0300Z TO 22/0600Z
      F. SFC TO 10,000FT

   2. SUCCEEDING DAY OUTLOOK: BEGIN 12-HRLY FIXES AT
      22/1800Z NEAR 15.2N 158.4W IF SYSTEM DEVELOPS.
$$
WJM"

From: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/recon.php

Have to keep an eye on Hawaii too. I think I'll post a separate post too.

Floaters: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/floaters.html
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/
Wider view of Hawaii: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/imagery/cpac.html
Central Pacific Hurricane Center: http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/
Models on 93C: http://www.hurricanecity.com/models/data.cgi?basin=cp&year=2015&storm=93&latestinvest=1&display=googlemap&latestrun=1




"Hurricane Field Program Update - Thursday, August 20, 2015 11AM Eastern
OPERATIONS

Thursday, 20 August 2015

G-IV: Will ferry from MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL to Barbados in preparation for future missions into Danny.

NOAA43: Will ferry from MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL to Barbados in preparation for future missions into Danny.

Friday, 21 August 2015

G-IV: Is scheduled to fly a research mission. Take off time is scheduled for 1730 UTC (1:30PM local) from Barbados and recovering there seven hours later. No HRDers will be on-board.

NOAA43: Is scheduled to fly a pre-storm ocean survey research mission ahead of Danny. Take off is scheduled for 1400 UTC (10AM local) from Barbados. An HRD scientist will be on this flight."

From: https://noaahrd.wordpress.com/




I suppose the NOAA P-3 will fly into Danny, but given it is a research mission, it could do things differently.
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