ATL: ISAAC - Recon Discussion

[Annie Oakley]

What's that cell-phone looking thing on that image..........

[Dave]

What's that cell-phone looking thing on that image..........

??

[BZSTORM]

This is probably a stupid question but the second recon flight NOAA9 Gulfstream IV-SP which looks to be heading back to Florida att his time did a different flight pattern zigzag and looks like around the outside of Isaac with numerous dropsonde compared to the usual X formation I'm used to seeing like the previous recon flight AF300. I'm looking at the visual graphic on http://tropicalatlantic.com/recon/live/ . Can someone explain why this flight pattern is different and what they might be looking for. Thanks

[Annie Oakley]

It's me Dave-not you-believe me lol.

[Dave]

This is probably a stupid question but the second recon flight NOAA9 Gulfstream IV-SP which looks to be heading back to Florida att his time did a different flight pattern zigzag and looks like around the outside of Isaac with numerous dropsonde compared to the usual X formation I'm used to seeing like the previous recon flight AF300. I'm looking at the visual graphic on http://tropicalatlantic.com/recon/live/ . Can someone explain why this flight pattern is different and what they might be looking for. Thanks

NOAA9's been sampling upper air data in the Bahama's then around Haiti checking for pressure, temperatures, winds, etc to be fed into the models. They run various patterns as compared to the regular recon flights.

[artist]

This is probably a stupid question but the second recon flight NOAA9 Gulfstream IV-SP which looks to be heading back to Florida att his time did a different flight pattern zigzag and looks like around the outside of Isaac with numerous dropsonde compared to the usual X formation I'm used to seeing like the previous recon flight AF300. I'm looking at the visual graphic on http://tropicalatlantic.com/recon/live/ . Can someone explain why this flight pattern is different and what they might be looking for. Thanks

that was the G-IV, I believe. It was sampling the atmosphere.

[Dave]

It's me Dave-not you-believe me lol.

Ok, lol, I'm about half here tonight. Forgot to log out, fell asleep, and just happened to wake up, saw HA had left. I've got to feel better soon!

[Dave]

This is probably a stupid question but the second recon flight NOAA9 Gulfstream IV-SP which looks to be heading back to Florida att his time did a different flight pattern zigzag and looks like around the outside of Isaac with numerous dropsonde compared to the usual X formation I'm used to seeing like the previous recon flight AF300. I'm looking at the visual graphic on http://tropicalatlantic.com/recon/live/ . Can someone explain why this flight pattern is different and what they might be looking for. Thanks

that was the G-IV, I believe. It was sampling the atmosphere.

Their still sampling back up in the Bahama's. Looks like about 25 - 30 dropsondes so far.

[artist]

What's that cell-phone looking thing on that image..........

are you talking about the image on the last page of this thread? If so it is an anchor! I forget to uncheck the showing of places in ge somtimes and they will show up. It is a place of 'interest'. lol

[Hurricane Andrew]

Next plane doesn't take off for 3 hours.

[Dave]

Next Mission...Takeoff around midnight tonight...edt.

FLIGHT THREE --TEAL 71-- -
A. 25/0600Z,1200Z
B. AFXXX 1409A ISAAC
C. 25/0400Z
D. 18.6N 73.5W
E. 25/0530Z TO 25/1200Z
F. SFC TO 10,000 FT

[Annie Oakley]

What's that cell-phone looking thing on that image..........

are you talking about the image on the last page of this thread? If so it is an anchor! I forget to uncheck the showing of places in ge somtimes and they will show up. It is a place of 'interest'. lol

Wow-thanks for explaining that.....
it's so awesome to look at the graphics of a Recon Flight. They just get better and better.

[BZSTORM]

Ok thanks for the explaination on second flight, nice to know my guess as to what the flight data was for, wasn't too far of base, I'd had a thought it might have something to do with assisting models for more acurate track.

[SouthFLTropics]

Is all of this G-IV data going to make it into the 0z GFS or is it too late???

SFT

[brunota2003]

Of course when recon leaves, the convection explodes! Grr...I hope the plane makes it in before landfall/weakening!

[brunota2003]

Also, I know we've received quite a few questions on this:

A block of instruction on Zulu time (Also referred to as UTC on here and elsewhere), and how to interpret it:
http://forecast.weather.gov/jetstream/synoptic/time.htm

[Kingarabian]

I'll try to be here for the next mission.

[RL3AO]

[Hurricane Andrew]

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[SouthFLTropics]

NICE - I've been wondering when Walken was going to make an appearance.

I GOT A FEVER...AND THE PRESCRIPTION IS MORE RECON!!!