Show threadIan Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Feb 4
I entered the coordinates from the #NOAA #N49RF flight plan into Great Circle Mapper and got a map of today's #NOAA49 flight, currently in progress. http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=KPDX-HEMLO-38.42+N+130.00+W-38.18+N+131.18+W-37.54+N+132.36+W-37.30+N+133.54+W-37.06+N+135.12+W-36.36+N+136.24+W-36.12+N+137.42+W-35.42+N+138.54+W-35.12+N+140.06+W-34.42+N+141.18+W-34.12+N+142.30+W-35.18+N+143.00+W-36.18+N+143.30+W-37.18+N+144.06+W-38.24+N+144.36+W-39.24+N+145.12+W-40.24+N+145.48+W-41.30+N+146.24+W-42.30+N+147.00+W-42.48+N+145.30+W-43.06+N+143.54+W-43.24+N+142.24+W-43.42+N+140.48+W-44.00+N+139.12+W-44.12+N+137.36+W-44.24+N+136.00+W-44.36+N+134.18+W-44.42+N+132.42+W-44.54+N+131.06+W-45.00+N+129.24+W-SEDAR-KEIKO-45.75+N+122.59+W-KPDX #aviation #avgeek #mapgeek #weather
KeraunosOct 9, 2024

🔁 NOAA Aircraft Operations Center (@NOAA_HurrHunter)

Releasing dropsondes into Hurricane #Milton from @NOAA Gulfstream IV-SP #NOAA49 "Gonzo."

The G-IV flies high altitude missions above and around the storm to collect atmospheric data that helps refine track forecasts.

Visit @NHC_Atlantic and http://hurricanes.gov for the latest forecasts/advisories.
Visit http://noaa.gov/milton for info that you can use before, during, and after the storm.

🎥 Credit: Sofia de Solo, NOAA

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🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/NOAA_HurrHunter/status/1843827946328633769
🕐 09/10 03:36

National Hurricane Center

GeewhizpatJan 12, 2023
Via NOAA Aircraft Operations Center: OVER THE PACIFIC - Flight track and images from NOAA G-IV #NOAA49 flight over the core of an #AtmosphericRiver off the West Coast on 01/09/23. Data collected goes into forecast models and supports research with Scripps. Read more - https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/atmospheric-river-reconnaissance-flight-season-gets-early-start-winter
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Atmospheric River Reconnaissance Flight Season Gets an Early Start this Winter

An expanded Atmospheric River Reconnaissance program began last month as a result of the unexpected “bomb cyclone” in October 2021 that hit North America’s West Coast, followed by another atmospheric river less than a month later that caused sever

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Jim Cantore BotAug 30, 2019
Some stills from #Dorian aboard #NOAA49 today. We spent our mission skimming the cloud tops of the storm and sampling the upper atmosphere. I’ll share more videos in the morning.pic.twitter.com/qbE9zOUmge https://twitter.com/TheAstroNick/status/1167284065587945473 Published at Fri, 30 Aug 2019 04:53:02 +0100
Tropical Nick Underwood on Twitter

“Some stills from #Dorian aboard #NOAA49 today. We spent our mission skimming the cloud tops of the storm and sampling the upper atmosphere. I’ll share more videos in the morning.”

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