Sondes from NCAR's Gulfstream V jet will now be available in HurricaneCity's recon system
Posted by
Chris in Tampa on 9/1/2016, 8:17 am
"Federal agencies join forces to forecast hurricanes
National Science Foundation shares high-flying aircraft with NOAA for 2016 hurricane season":
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=189617
Gulfstream V, HIAPER (High-performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research):
https://www.eol.ucar.edu/observing_facilities/hiaper-gulfstream-gv
NCAR is funded by the National Science Foundation.
National Science Foundation (NSF): http://www.nsf.gov/
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR): https://ncar.ucar.edu/
A mission is scheduled tonight for Lester in the Central Pacific.
II. PACIFIC REQUIREMENTS
1. HURRICANE LESTER
FLIGHT ONE - NCAR 5 FLIGHT TWO - TEAL 76
A. 02/0000Z A. 02/0600Z
B. NCAR5 0213E LESTER B. AFXXX 0313E LESTER
C. 01/1730Z C. 02/0300Z
D. NA D. 18.9N 145.8W
E. NA E. 02/0530Z TO 02/0800Z
F. 41,000 TO 47,000 FT F. SFC TO 10,000 FT
2. OUTLOOK FOR SUCCEEDING DAY: A FIX AT 02/1800Z AND 6-HRLY
FIXES BEGIN AT 03/0600Z. A PROBABLE G-V MISSION FOR 03/00Z.
From Plan of the Day: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/recon.php
Last night's mission has been added:
http://hurricanecity.com/recon/recon.cgi?basin=ep&year=2016&storm=Lester&product=sonde
The system has not had a chance to add the data live yet, so I will be able to see how that works tonight and fix any errors. I have yet to add a nice plane icon yet. I will add that when I have a chance.
Recon from this aircraft may be very rare. It operates like the NOAA G-IV, sampling around storms rather than into them. |
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