H Dolly Recon Discussion Thread

[RL3AO]

ok I know the current recon is still ongoing but didn't the next recon flight already leave, if not when is it leaving?

They will do six-hour fixes on it so an AF plane will take off in an hour or two most likely.

[americanrebel]

That is what I thought, and this plane took off around 3am my time, and it is almost 10am my time now, so the plane should be in the air.

[KWT]

Recon back into the system, so far has found plenty of winds to support 40kts, who knows what theywill find later in the mission.

[CrazyC83]

I'm thinking they will find winds to support 50-60 kt. I see it becoming a hurricane before the Yucatan quite possibly.

[KWT]

I suppose recon is now doing 6hr fixes on Dolly given its now named heading towards land?

[RL3AO]

I suppose recon is now doing 6hr fixes on Dolly given its now named heading towards land?

Yes.

[RL3AO]

Recon program in google earth is now working. Its flight 1.

[JonathanBelles]

The one from last year wasnt working yesterday (HenkL's?)

which one are you all using?

[HenkL]

http://wxgr.nl/?weer_recon.htm

Flight 1 for Dolly
Flight 2 for Cristobal

[KWT]

Also can I just ask where is the raw info from recon because I can only find stuff for Cristobal.

[HenkL]

Both use the same URL:
http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/ur/urnt15.knhc..txt

For Dolly coming in around hh:m2 (hh:02, hh:12 etc), for Cristobal some 1 minute later (overwriting the former). So you have to be fast to fetch the raw HDOB for Dolly.

[KWT]

Ok thanks just that being over there on the other side of the Atlantic I may need to take over on some early morning recon missions.

[HURAKAN]

Both Dolly and Cristóbal come in seperate packages. It's great to have an archive!

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/recon/2 ... AF/URNT15/

[Ed Mahmoud]

Recon tasking updated 45 minutes ago- they are going to be busy. USAFR, and high level and low level NOAA flights.

[CrazyC83]

Both use the same URL:
http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/ur/urnt15.knhc..txt

For Dolly coming in around hh:m2 (hh:02, hh:12 etc), for Cristobal some 1 minute later (overwriting the former). So you have to be fast to fetch the raw HDOB for Dolly.

I've had to go to the archives a few time due to missing them.

[KWT]

Yeah Ed thats one really busy plan, looks like we are going to get decent recon fix this week!

[cycloneye]

The next mission by the air force plane will be tonight with plane departing at 11:15 PM EDT.NOAA is the next and departs soon.

A. 21/0600Z
B. AFXXX 10AAA CYCLONE
C. 21/0315Z
D. 22.5N 87.5W
E. 21/0500Z TO 21/0830Z
F. SFC TO 10,000 FT

[RL3AO]

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FLIGHT FOUR -- NOAA 43
A. 21/0000Z
B. NOAA3 09AAA CYCLONE
C. 20/2000Z
D. 21.5N 86.5W
E. 20/2300Z TO 21/0400Z
F. SFC TO 14,000 FT

This says next flight should be taking off at anytime.

[RL3AO]

NOAA flight en route.

[Ed Mahmoud]

I'd love to fly if they had a civilian ride along program.

I have been a passenger in Galaxy and Starlifters, and even the C-2 Greyhound, never a Hercules.


But the WC-130J, built this century, just looks so much sturdier to me than the thirty year old Orions, which just don't look at sturdy. IIRC, the Orion was based on a 1950s passenger plane, the Electra, which had a less than outstanding safety record for passenger planes of the era. Not exactly the De Havilland Comet or anything, but kind of like the 1970s DC-10, which had an accident rate per passenger mile almost triple the similar L-1011.