ATL: GABRIELLE - Recon Discussion

[floridasun78]

All systems are a go for first mission at 1 PM EDT. Here is the TCPOD for Thursday and Friday.

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REPRPD
WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS
CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL.
1145 AM EDT WED 04 SEPTEMBER 2013
SUBJECT: TROPICAL CYCLONE PLAN OF THE DAY (TCPOD)
         VALID 05/1100Z TO 06/1100Z SEPTEMBER 2013
         TCPOD NUMBER.....13-095

I.  ATLANTIC REQUIREMENTS
    1. SUSPECT AREA (CARIBBEAN)
       FLIGHT ONE -- TEAL 71      FLIGHT TWO -- TEAL 72
       A. 05/1200Z,1800Z          A. 06/0000Z,06000Z
       B. AFXXX 0207A CYCLONE     B. AFXXX 0307A CYCLONE
       C. 05/1045Z                C. 05/2230Z
       D. 18.0N 68.0W             D. 19.5N 69.0W
       E. 05/1130Z TO 05/1800Z    E. 05/2330Z TO 06/0600Z
       F. SFC TO 10,000 FT        F. SFC TO 10,000 FT

    2. SUSPECT AREA (WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO)
       FLIGHT ONE -- TEAL 75
       A. 05/2000Z
       B. AFXXX 01EEA INVEST
       C. 05/1730Z
       D. 22.0N 95.0W
       E. 05/1900Z TO 05/2300Z
       F. SFC TO 10,000 FT

    3. OUTLOOK FOR SUCCEEDING DAY:  CONTINUE 6-HRLY FIXES ON
       CARIBBEAN SYSTEM WHILE IT REMAINS A THREAT.
    4. REMARK:  THE NASA 872 GLOBAL HAWK IS FLYING A 24-HOUR
       RESEARCH MISSION TODAY OVER AND EAST OF THE CARIBBEAN SYSTEM
       AS MENTIONED IN TCPOD 13-094 AND WILL RELEASE 80 DROPSONDES.


it say sep 5 on report or this for thur ????

[cycloneye]

This was from yesterdays TCPOD that had this afternoons mission.

SUSPECT AREA (CARIBBEAN)
FLIGHT ONE -- TEAL 70
A. 04/1800Z
B. AFXXX 01DDA INVEST
C. 04/1700Z
D. 16.8N 65.5W
E. 04/1730Z TO 04/2130Z
F. SFC TO 10,000 FT

[cycloneye]

Who wants to post the data? I will not be all the time here as power may go on and off and I have to get some supplies just in case.

[floridasun78]

their dont need fly far their in st croix base

[cycloneye]

Short flight to low pressure so we will know rapidly what we have here.

[CrazyC83]

Immediately at operational altitude. We should know soon the situation.

[cycloneye]

Next mission will depart on Thursday morning at 6:45 AM EDT.

FLIGHT ONE -- TEAL 71
A. 05/1200Z,1800Z
B. AFXXX 0207A CYCLONE
C. 05/1045Z
D. 18.0N 68.0W
E. 05/1130Z TO 05/1800Z
F. SFC TO 10,000 FT

[stormhunter7]

Aircraft: Global Hawk AV6 (NASA872)
Last Update (utc): 2013-09-05T00:06:09Z
Last Update Delta: (About 16 seconds ago)
Latitude: 18.108 (18° 6' 29.52")
Longitude: -63.468 (63° 28' 3")
Pressure Altitude (ft): 57768.40 (17607.81 m)
Heading (deg): 176.20
Ground Speed (kts): 327.34
Total Temperature (c): -59.40 (213.75 k)



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[stormhunter7]

Aircraft: Global Hawk AV6 (NASA872)
Last Update (utc): 2013-09-05T00:39:31Z
Last Update Delta: (About 33 seconds ago)
Latitude: 15.422 (15° 25' 17.75")
Longitude: -63.454 (63° 27' 15.48")
Pressure Altitude (ft): 58340.70 (17782.25 m)
Heading (deg): 177.00
Ground Speed (kts): 325.21
Total Temperature (c): -58.50 (214.65 k)

Had to fly around a TALL hot tower just west of Montserrat.



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[cycloneye]

They will fly on Saturday both the Air Force and Global Hawk planes. Air Force mission is tentative.

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WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS
CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL.
1145 AM EDT FRI 06 SEPTEMBER 2013
SUBJECT: TROPICAL CYCLONE PLAN OF THE DAY (TCPOD)
         VALID 07/1100Z TO 08/1100Z SEPTEMBER 2013
         TCPOD NUMBER.....13-097

I.  ATLANTIC REQUIREMENTS
    1. REMNANTS OF GABRIELLE
       FLIGHT ONE -- TEAL 71     
       A. 07/2100Z         
       B. AFXXX 0407A GABRIELLE     
       C. 06/1900Z               
       D. 24.0N 68.5W             
       E. 07/2030Z TO 08/0000Z   
       F. SFC TO 15,000 FT       

    2. OUTLOOK FOR SUCCEEDING DAY: PSBL MISSION FOR 08/1800Z NEAR
       27N AND 67.5W.


    4. GLOBAL HAWK RESEARCH MISSION
       A. AIRCRAFT: NA872
       B. STORM/AREA OF INTEREST:  REGENERATING GABRIELLE  .
       C. DEPARTURE WFF: 1400Z, 07 SEP
       D. MISSION DURATION: 23H 00M
       E. IP: 1500Z, 07 SEP; 28.5 N, 73.6 W
       F. EP: 0800Z, 08 SEPT; 28.5 N, 62.5 W
       G. ON-STATION DURATION:  17H 00M
       H. ETA WFF: 1100Z, 08 SEPT
       I. DROPSONDES TO BE DEPLOYED: 78
       J. ALTITUDE: 55,000 TO 65,000 FT
       K. PATTERN: W-E RACETRACK ON REGENERATED GABRIELLE     
       L. OUTLOOK FOR SUCCEEDING DAY- NA872 LANDING 8/1100Z       
       M. NA871 TAKEOFF 0/1500Z.


 5. ADDED: NOAA WILL ALSO FLY 3 RESEARCH MISSIONS
 2 P3'S AND THE GIV WILL FLY IN SAME AREA AS THE NAS72.



[Airboy]

Why are they flying with both Kermit and and Miss Piggy at the same time?

[cycloneye]

Why are they flying with both Kermit and and Miss Piggy at the same time?

Don't know the answer. Also,the Global Hawk is in the area.

[cycloneye]

Who wants to post the HOBS from these NOAA planes? I have to go.

[Chris_in_Tampa]

There are a lot of research missions going on.

http://noaahrd.wordpress.com/
http://espo.nasa.gov/missions/hs3

Tracking:

Air Force and NOAA:
http://tropicalatlantic.com/recon/

NASA (track only):
http://airbornescience.nasa.gov/tracker/

NASA sondes:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/recon/2013/REPNT3/
Which can be experimentally decoded by my decoder here:
http://www.tropicalatlantic.com/recon/r ... ?decoder=1

Raw NOAA AXBTs:
http://tropicalatlantic.com/noaa-aoc/im ... ?path=AXBT

With a total of five missions into the remnants of Gabrielle at the same time later today, four of which are already in the air, my site may operate more slowly today.

[Chris_in_Tampa]

These NOAA research missions are not flying normal patterns you might expect. Take a look here:
http://noaahrd.wordpress.com/2013/09/07 ... s-morning/

Air Force recon takes off at 3pm EDT.

[Chris_in_Tampa]

I am manually readding all raw data into my site from today's missions, and will be doing that constantly throughout the day, since data is coming in too fast for my site to handle. There will be 78 NOAA dropsondes just from the GlobalHawk aircraft, which my real time site can't decode yet, plus all the other NOAA sondes, all coming across in the same file, so I have to add from the archive. The same with NOAA's HDOBs. All three aircraft are sending HDOBs into the same file.

You guys may want to just wait for the Air Force later and just cover that.

I'll post some images of all the recon infrequently, as I am doing a lot of stuff today.

[Chris_in_Tampa]

Posting twice so you might be more likely to see it:

If anyone see's something I miss pick it out and take it to the discussion area....with 3 in the air now I'm concentrating on the data only which is a matter of timing.

There will be 78 of those NASA sondes today. That is the fourth aircraft in the air.

[Dave]

Posting twice so you might be more likely to see it:

If anyone see's something I miss pick it out and take it to the discussion area....with 3 in the air now I'm concentrating on the data only which is a matter of timing.

There will be 78 of those NASA sondes today. That is the fourth aircraft in the air.

Got it Chris...

[Dave]

Thanks Chris for the images...infrequently work fine, I'll do the same as I get time.

[Dave]

AF301 WXWXA is a training flight that shows up once in awhile on the drops.