Daily updates on NOAA’s Intensity Forecast Experiment including HRD’s Hurricane Field Program and operational and NESDIS partners
Since 1956, the Hurricane Research Division has carried out an annual field program in which data on Atlantic hurricanes is collected from a variety of platforms, primarily NOAA aircraft. Since the early 1970s plans for particular experiments were documented prior to the start of the season, to better allocate resources and personnel. This year's plan …
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AOML's Hurricane Research Division (HRD) ran its 2017 Hurricane Field Program from July 27th through October 27th and accomplished many of the objectives set for this busy hurricane season. In addition to carrying out Tail Doppler Radar (TDR) missions in coordination with NOAA's Environmental Modeling Center (EMC), HRD flew the Analysis of Intensification Processes Experiments …
On October 29, 2012, Extratropical Cyclone Sandy (dubbed Superstorm Sandy by the media) made landfall at Brigatine, New Jersey bringing a massive storm surge to New Jersey and New York. It was the costliest storm for that hurricane season and the second costliest in recorded history. It was also an extraordinary study in complex transitions …
OPERATIONS Saturday, 7, Oct. 2017 G-IV: The jet was tasked by NHC for a synoptic surveillance mission around Hurricane Nate with a take off around 1:30 AM ET. This flight was canceled. NOAA42: The P3 was scheduled to fly an Analysis of Intensification Processes Experiment (AIPEX) research mission into Hurricane Nate. Take off was at 4:00 …
Continue reading "Hurricane Field Program Update – Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, 11 AM ET"
NOAA's hurricane hunter aircraft continue to gather data in and around Hurricane Nate. There are four flights scheduled for today; two for the G-IV and two for theP3. The first G-IV flight scheduled for 1:30 AM ET was canceled. The G-IV will fly this afternoon taking off at 1:30 PM ET. NOAA49 as the jet is also …
Here are a few pictures of our 4 AM ET P3 flight crew during the Tropical Storm Nate mission.
OPERATIONS Friday, 6, Oct. 2017 G-IV: The jet was tasked by NHC to fly a synoptic surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Nate. This flight took off around 1:30 AM ET (0530 UTC) from Lakeland, FL. No HRD scientists were on this flight. NOAA42: The P3 was scheduled to fly an Analysis of Intensification Processes Experiment (AIPEX) research …
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NOAA's hurricane hunter aircraft are set to collect data in and around Tropical Storm Nate. The G-IV took off at 1:30 AM ET. It will fly again this afternoon taking off at 1:30 PM ET. The jet flies around and ahead of Nate's path. Its main goal is to gather data around the environment of Nate. …
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The G-IV jet is at it again. NOAA49 as its also called will fly around Tropical Storm Nate. This is the second flight for the jet in this series but the first one today. This flight took off at 1:30 AM ET (0530 UTC) from Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, FL. It will fly …
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NOAA's G-IV jet is in route to fly around Tropical Storm Nate. The jet took off at 1:30 PM ET (1730 UTC) from Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, FL. This is the first flight in a series that will gather data around and ahead of Tropical Storm Nate's path. The data from this and all …
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