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2016 Hurricane Season ends

Posted on November 30, 2016 by

Today marks the last day of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, and it was a busy one for us.  AOML’s Hurricane Research Division (HRD) participated in 57 missions into six different tropical cyclones: Colin, Earl, Javier (East Pacific), Hermine, Karl, … Continue reading →

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HRD Monthly Science Meeting of November 2016

Posted on November 10, 2016 by

November’s science meeting consisted of 7 presentations: Shun-Nan Wu (RSMAS), “The signal of future TC intensification in the CloudSat measurements” Jon Zawislak (FIU/CIMAS/HRD), “The Relationship Between Precipitation and Environmental Forcing during Tropical Cyclone Formation” Leon Nguyen (HRD), “Thermodynamic and kinematic … Continue reading →

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HRD Debrief for missions into Hurricane Hermine – 15 September 2016

Posted on September 18, 2016 by

HRD researchers discussed the results from the 11 P-3 missions into AL99, TD9, and eventually Hurricane Hermine (25 August to 2 September 2016). The agenda for the discussion was: Slides from the debrief are available at: ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/pub/hrd/blog/meetings/2016/HFP/Hermine_debrief.pptx.zip  

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Neal Dorst talks to Live Science about the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season

Posted on September 12, 2016 by

Check out the article at http://www.livescience.com/56050-peak-hurricane-day-arrives.html.

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Hurricane Field Program Update – Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016 11AM Eastern

Posted on August 28, 2016 by

OPERATIONS Sunday, 28 Aug. 2016 NOAA43: Is scheduled to fly an NHC operationally tasked reconnaissance mission into AL99, the tropical disturbance located in the Florida Straits. This means that the National Hurricane Center requested this flight. Take off is scheduled for 1700 UTC (1PM … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Field Program Update – Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016 11AM Eastern

Posted on August 27, 2016 by

OPERATIONS Saturday, 27 Aug. 2016 Global Hawk: Is scheduled to land in NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, VA. around 6PM Eastern after flying over Gaston. This flight is part of NOAA’s Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology (SHOUT) field campaign. NOAA43: Was scheduled to … Continue reading →

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Capturing the Genesis of a Hurricane

Posted on August 26, 2016 by

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/keynotes/keynotes_0816_capturinggenesis.html

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Hurricane Field Program Update – Friday, Aug. 26, 2016 11AM Eastern

Posted on August 26, 2016 by

OPERATIONS Friday, 26 Aug. 2016 NOAA43: Flew a Genesis/Rapid Intensification Experiment research mission into AL99 – the tropical disturbance in southeastern Bahamas. Take off was scheduled for 0600 UTC (2AM Eastern) to and from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL. Four HRD … Continue reading →

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NOAA’s P3 aircraft prepares to collect data in invest area AL99

Posted on August 26, 2016 by

The NOAA43 hurricane hunter aircraft will fly into the tropical disturbance located in southeastern Bahamas. The aircraft will take off at 2:00AM eastern time for an eight hour mission to and from MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL. The goal … Continue reading →

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Its a second flight for NOAA’s P3 aircraft into AL99

Posted on August 25, 2016 by

The NOAA43 aircraft will fly again into AL99 – the tropical disturbance north of Hispaniola. The aircraft will take off at 2:00PM eastern time for an eight hour mission to and from MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL. The science … Continue reading →

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