ATL: ISAAC - Recon Discussion

[cycloneye]

There will be plenty of missions to discuss here Dave,get well very soon. I can't post the first mission as I am busy on the preparations.

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WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS
CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL.
1030 AM EDT TUE 21 AUGUST 2012
SUBJECT: TROPICAL CYCLONE PLAN OF THE DAY (TCPOD)
         VALID 22/1100Z TO 23/1100Z AUGUST 2012
         TCPOD NUMBER.....12-094

I.  ATLANTIC REQUIREMENTS
    1. TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE
       FLIGHT ONE --TEAL 73--        FLIGHT TWO --NOAA 42--
       A. 22/1800Z, 23/0000Z         A. 23/0000Z
       B. AFXXX 0309A CYCLOME        B. NOAA2 0409A CYCLONE
       C. 22/1600Z                   C. 22/2000Z
       D. 15.7N 60.0W                D. 15.9N 61.5W
       E. 22/1730Z TO 23/0000Z       E. 22/2130 TO 23/0330Z
       F. SFC TO 15,000 FT           F. SFC TO 15,000 FT

       FLIGHT THREE --TEAL 71--      FLIGHT FOUR --NOAA 42--
       A. 23/0600Z, 1200Z            A. 23/1200Z
       B. AFXXX 0509A CYCLONE        B. NOAA2 0609A CYCLONE
       C. 23/0400Z                   C. 23/0800Z
       D. 16.0N 63.0W                D. 16.2N 64.6W
       E. 23/0530Z TO 23/1200Z       E. 23/0900Z TO 23/1430Z
       F. SFC TO 15,000 FT           F. SFC TO 15,000 FT

    2. SUCCEEDING DAY OUTLOOK:
       A. CONTINUE 6-HRLY FIXES.
       B. A NOAA P-3 MISSION AT 23/2000Z AND 24/0800Z.
       C. A G-IV SYNOPTIC FLOW MISSION AT 23/1730Z.

[cycloneye]

Plane is on route. Lets see if it finds a stronger system or not.

[Dave]

Recon Decoding Tutorial from Storm2K

viewtopic.php?f=29&t=85603

[Dave]

If someone will pick up the hdobs I'll stay on graphics for a little while....go ahead and grab hdobs 10 if you want. Thanks!

[artist]

obs sure do seem to be coming in awfully slow today.

[Dave]

obs sure do seem to be coming in awfully slow today.

Which link are you using?

[artist]

obs sure do seem to be coming in awfully slow today.

Which link are you using?

NHC

[Dave]

Ok I'm on the same one...the raw data sites are even slower.

[artist]

Ok I'm on the same one...the raw data sites are even slower.

wonderful!

I'm still at a hold on #12...nothing past that so far. Now we wait.

[Dave]

Artist I'm going to take off for a few hours, long night & morning, need to get some sleep. Anyone who can do graphics go ahead and take it when the next update comes in. Be on later tonight.

[artist]

Artist I'm going to take off for a few hours, long night & morning, need to get some sleep. Anyone who can do graphics go ahead and take it when the next update comes in. Be on later tonight.

See you later Dave.

May be a communications problem? About 40 minutes since last report in.

[cycloneye]

Plane is decending to operational altitud.

[cycloneye]

Finding a few TS force winds.

Time: 18:42:30Z
Coordinates: 15.45N 52.7833W
Acft. Static Air Press: 985.0 mb (~ 29.09 inHg)
Acft. Geopotential Hgt: 204 meters (~ 669 feet)
Extrap. Sfc. Press: -
D-value: -
Flt. Lvl. Wind (30s): From 155° at 36 knots (From the SSE at ~ 41.4 mph)
Air Temp: 22.0°C* (~ 71.6°F*)
Dew Pt: -*
Peak (10s) Flt. Lvl. Wind: 38 knots (~ 43.7 mph)
SFMR Peak (10s) Sfc. Wind: 39 knots (~ 44.8 mph)
SFMR Rain Rate: 5 mm/hr (~ 0.20 in/hr)
(*) Denotes suspect data

Time: 18:43:00Z
Coordinates: 15.4833N 52.7833W
Acft. Static Air Press: 984.0 mb (~ 29.06 inHg)
Acft. Geopotential Hgt: 212 meters (~ 696 feet)
Extrap. Sfc. Press: -
D-value: -
Flt. Lvl. Wind (30s): From 149° at 42 knots (From the SSE at ~ 48.3 mph)
Air Temp: 21.7°C* (~ 71.1°F*)
Dew Pt: -*
Peak (10s) Flt. Lvl. Wind: 44 knots (~ 50.6 mph)
SFMR Peak (10s) Sfc. Wind: 40 knots (~ 46.0 mph)SFMR Rain Rate: 5 mm/hr (~ 0.20 in/hr)
(*) Denotes suspect data

[CrazyC83]

40 kt seems to be the intensity based on the data.

[brunota2003]

Interesting that the highest winds on SFMR are 40 knots, highest flight level are 44 knots. However, the buoy on the south side of the center did report winds up to almost 20 knots, so adding forward motion to that would get winds of around 35 to 40 knots (assuming winds are nearly as strong, and forward motion is around 20 knots as well).

[Hurricane Andrew]

What's with the 2nd plane on tropicalatlantic's recon?

[artist]

What's with the 2nd plane on tropicalatlantic's recon?

if it is NOAA2 it is a training mission

[artist]

have some storms headed in, never know if power will flash or not. Anyone able to take over for awhile starting with HDOBS 29?

[Bad_Hurricane]

What's with the 2nd plane on tropicalatlantic's recon?

That was NOAA 42RF - Lockheed WP-3D Orion (P-3).

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Mission Plan :

NOAA 42RF will ferry in anticipation of a series of TDR missions into Tropical Depression #09. The P-3 will leave MacDill AFB, FL 1400 UTC and will recover at Barbados by 1930 UTC the same day.

The plane landed two hours ago on Barbados.

[cycloneye]

The next mission departs at Midnight EDT.

FLIGHT TWO --TEAL 72--
A. 22/0600Z, 1200Z
B. AFXXX 0209A CYCLONE
C. 22/0400Z
D. 16.4N 58.3W
E. 22/0530 TO 22/1200Z
F. SFC TO 10,000 FT