Hurricane Félix: RECON Discussion

[Thunder44]

FLIGHT FOUR
A. 04/1200Z
B. NOAA3 1506A FELIX
C. 04/0800Z
D. 15.8N 82.7W
E. 04/1030Z TO 04/1330Z
F. SFC TO 10,000 FT

I believe the NOAA flights were cancelled yesterday. The plane this morning was supposed to be there until 12z today:

FLIGHT TWO
A. 05/0600Z,1200Z
B. AFXXX 1606A FELIX
C. 05/0230Z
D. 16.7N 87.0W
E. 05/0530Z TO 05/1200Z
F. SFC TO 10,000 FT

[TheEuropean]

Are you sure they will fly? Felix will be on land at that time - further south of the forecasted position.

[WindRunner]

FLIGHT FOUR
A. 04/1200Z
B. NOAA3 1506A FELIX
C. 04/0800Z
D. 15.8N 82.7W
E. 04/1030Z TO 04/1330Z
F. SFC TO 10,000 FT

I believe the NOAA flights were cancelled yesterday. The plane this morning was supposed to be there until 12z today:

FLIGHT TWO
A. 05/0600Z,1200Z
B. AFXXX 1606A FELIX
C. 05/0230Z
D. 16.7N 87.0W
E. 05/0530Z TO 05/1200Z
F. SFC TO 10,000 FT

The 5th is actually tomorrow, and that was supposed to be the pre-second lanfall flight . . . and since it doesn't exactly appear there will be a second landfall, I doubt any more recon will be flown . . . unless, of course, it comes back out over water.

[TheEuropean]

727
NOUS42 KNHC 041430
WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS
CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL.
1030 AM EDT TUE 04 SEPTEMBER 2007
SUBJECT: TROPICAL CYCLONE PLAN OF THE DAY (TCPOD)
VALID 05/1100Z TO 06/1100Z SEPTEMBER 2007
TCPOD NUMBER.....07-103

I. ATLANTIC REQUIREMENTS
1. SUSPECT AREA (OFF FLORIDA- GEORGIA COAST)
FLIGHT ONE
A. 05/2000Z
B. AFXXX 01GGA INVEST
C. 05/1700Z
D. 29.5N 74.0W
E. 05/1930Z TO 05/2300Z
F. SFC TO 10,000 FT

2. SUCCEEDING DAY OUTLOOK: BEGIN 12HRLY FIXES AT 06/1800Z
IF SYSTEM DEVELOPS.
3. REMARKS: ALL TASKING ON HURRICANE FELIX CANCELED BY
NHC BY 04/0915Z.

So no more flight into Felix.

[HenkL]

No planes flying around at the moment gave me some time to improve the GoogleEarth file.
Now you can click on a plane icon to get all detailed info on the observation.

The latest flight to Felix will be on the server till the new flight tomorrow towards Invest99L.
Because the new GE-file is larger then the old ones, I hope the server can handle all well in real time. We'll see.

Link for the GE-file: http://wxgr.nl/?weer_recon.htm

[HURAKAN]

HenkL, that's great. Keep the good work coming. It's really appreaciated.

[artist]

Henk - you are amazing! Thanks so much for sharing it here with us.

[CrazyC83]

If Felix somehow goes back over water (either deflected north into the Caribbean, or survives to the Pacific) will they fly back into him?

[Brent]

If Felix somehow goes back over water (either deflected north into the Caribbean, or survives to the Pacific) will they fly back into him?

If it's a land threat, potentially, but that's highly unlikely. Pacific is definitely more likely but it'll probably head away from land if it makes it there.

[pojo]

If Felix somehow goes back over water (either deflected north into the Caribbean, or survives to the Pacific) will they fly back into him?

it depends on the location of the system.... we may, but that's solely up to the discretion of CARCAH.