North eyewall intensifying very quickly and structure really snapped together rapidly.

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gatorcane wrote:Longer loop, she is looking mean and angry indeed, possible the plane is going to find a much stronger hurricane when they are back out there later tonight.![]()
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jaxfladude wrote:**Sorry if this post is too much off topic but hopefully relevant enough.**
Are there any projects/plans or testing/prototypes of a unnamed aerial drone(ie like ones used for military) for hurricane reconnaissance?
Or does the nature of hurricanes/tropical systems that require onboard human controlled flights?
Man, the US needs newer planes and/or more updated/better maintenance for the fleet of Hurricane Hunters....better funding....
rant over
Back to Ida, hopefully this will be less than forecast but still time for for Ida to get bigger/stronger/more dangerous at landfall...Prayers....
Jr0d wrote:jaxfladude wrote:**Sorry if this post is too much off topic but hopefully relevant enough.**
Are there any projects/plans or testing/prototypes of a unnamed aerial drone(ie like ones used for military) for hurricane reconnaissance?
Or does the nature of hurricanes/tropical systems that require onboard human controlled flights?
Man, the US needs newer planes and/or more updated/better maintenance for the fleet of Hurricane Hunters....better funding....
rant over
Back to Ida, hopefully this will be less than forecast but still time for for Ida to get bigger/stronger/more dangerous at landfall...Prayers....
You would think there would be plenty of Air Force C-130s to cannabilize parts from, however the WC-130 is a bit different than the military versions so I do not know how much useful parts they can find.
With the Navy retiring the P-3 fairly recently, you would think there would be plenty of birds to cannabilize too, but again the WP-3 is a bit different than the old Navy Orions.
It is unfortunate when a mission has to be aborted when a deadly storm approaches the coast. NOAA and the Air Force need to get some funding to maintain their Hurricane Hunters fleet. Maybe in the future we will do weather recon with drones, but given the nature of the job they need big planes with multiple turbo prop engines to handle the stress. I do not know of any operational drone that could survive the eyewall of a hurricane.
The next 12-18 hours are crucial. As bystanders we can oy hope there are no more issues with the aircraft.
Jr0d wrote:jaxfladude wrote:**Sorry if this post is too much off topic but hopefully relevant enough.**
Are there any projects/plans or testing/prototypes of a unnamed aerial drone(ie like ones used for military) for hurricane reconnaissance?
Or does the nature of hurricanes/tropical systems that require onboard human controlled flights?
Man, the US needs newer planes and/or more updated/better maintenance for the fleet of Hurricane Hunters....better funding....
rant over
Back to Ida, hopefully this will be less than forecast but still time for for Ida to get bigger/stronger/more dangerous at landfall...Prayers....
You would think there would be plenty of Air Force C-130s to cannabilize parts from, however the WC-130 is a bit different than the military versions so I do not know how much useful parts they can find.
With the Navy retiring the P-3 fairly recently, you would think there would be plenty of birds to cannabilize too, but again the WP-3 is a bit different than the old Navy Orions.
It is unfortunate when a mission has to be aborted when a deadly storm approaches the coast. NOAA and the Air Force need to get some funding to maintain their Hurricane Hunters fleet. Maybe in the future we will do weather recon with drones, but given the nature of the job they need big planes with multiple turbo prop engines to handle the stress. I do not know of any operational drone that could survive the eyewall of a hurricane.
The next 12-18 hours are crucial. As bystanders we can oy hope there are no more issues with the aircraft.
Highteeld wrote:Chris_in_Tampa wrote:SEASON_CANCELED wrote:
2am i believe tho i saw that posted elsewhere unsourced
Next Air Force hurricane hunter recon scheduled to arrive in center of Hurricane Ida at 3:30am CDT. Scheduled to take off at 1:15am CDT. Next NOAA P-3 mission is an 8hr research mission that departs from Lakeland, FL at 3am CDT. From "Plan of the Day": https://nhc.noaa.gov/recon.php
Might be pragmatic to modify the "plan of the day" given what's going on.
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cycloneye wrote:For those who are asking when is the next mission, AF plane departs at 2:15 AM EDT.FLIGHT THREE - TEAL 73
A. 29/0830Z,1130Z,1430Z
B. AFXXX 1209A IDA
C. 29/0615Z
D. 27.2N 89.2W
E. 29/0800Z TO 29/1430Z
F. SFC TO 15,000 FT
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