When does NOAA jet go out?

#1 Postby **WeatherEmperor** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 7:58 am

Sorry guys. I havent been paying attention enough. When will the NOAA jet go out to fly the synoptic sampling mission?

P.S- I have always wondered. What do the 00Z, 06Z, 12Z, etc really mean? what times do they stand for?

#2 Postby **cycloneye** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 8:06 am

Saturday night the survelliance jet will go but this afternoon a hurricane hunter will go at 1800z.By tommorow night we will know more as the models digest that data from that jet.

wrkh99 · #3 Postby **wrkh99** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 8:22 am

They want go out untill Sunday night or monday for synoptic sampling mission cause they can't stay out longer than 4 days .

#4 Postby **cycloneye** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 8:25 am

00z=8:00 PM EDT
6z=2:00 AM EDT
12z=8:00 AM EDT
18z=2:00 PM EDT

Those are the times that the tropical and global models do their runs.

#5 Postby **janswizard** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 8:46 am

Thanks c-eye
I'm learning something new every day.

Hurrilurker · #6 Postby **Hurrilurker** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 11:00 am

cycloneye wrote:00z=8:00 PM EDT
6z=2:00 AM EDT
12z=8:00 AM EDT
18z=2:00 PM EDT

I would add that the "Z" stands for Zulu, the military call letter assigned to that time zone. Zulu time is the same as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), formerly known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Also be aware that UTC does not recognize time shifts such as Daylight Savings Time in the U.S., so the offset when converting to, for example, Eastern Time, will change during the year. This link might be useful:
http://www.timeanddate.com/time/abbreviations.html

When does NOAA jet go out?

When does NOAA jet go out?

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