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#1 Postby SouthFloridawx » Sat Aug 19, 2006 10:37 am

Can someone decode this?

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URNT10 KNHC 191520
97779 15004 70276 85600 76100 05018 70761 /5764
RMK AF300 WXWXA 06081913300 OB 03

It just came out...

URNT10.KNHC 19-Aug-2006 11:20 109
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#2 Postby NetZeroZeus » Sat Aug 19, 2006 10:41 am

Doesn't WXWXA mean training mission?
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#3 Postby SouthFloridawx » Sat Aug 19, 2006 10:42 am

NetZeroZeus wrote:Doesn't WXWXA mean training mission?


That's what I'm thinking....
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#4 Postby southerngale » Sat Aug 19, 2006 10:57 am

A post by WindRunner on August 14th:

WindRunner wrote:URNT10 KNHC 142053
97779 20524 20225 73100 73200 23014 68841 /5762
RMK AF309 WXWXA 06081418309 OB 04


Well, you know generally the WXWXA are training missions, however, the coords do suggest that it's the return flight from St. Croix, as they are flying NW and the first ob is over PR and this one is over the SE Bahamas, though they don't quite appear to be heading north enough to make a quick flight through 93.
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#5 Postby StormsAhead » Sat Aug 19, 2006 11:02 am

It's a training mission. They're at 27.6N 85.6W in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. The latest ob (#5) puts them at 26.5N 82.3W so they're not going anywhere near the depression.
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#6 Postby TWTC » Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:59 pm

URNT10 KNHC is a non-tropical RECCO observation while the URNT11 is a tropical RECCO as denoted by the WMO headers. When the mission IDs are WXWXA or WXWXE, those are assigned as either training, engineering check-outs or transit flights where the ARWO (Weather Officer) is just getting some training time done. Anytime you see a "WXWX" mission ID, that will have nothing to do with any tasked or assigned tropical mission. However, you might see a "WX##" like "WX16A" from time to time (mostly from the NOAA P-3s) which will denote a research mission into a tropical system or tropical cyclone.

decoding at:
http://www.hurricanehunters.com/recco.htm

Enjoy... :wink:
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