ATL: GONZALO - Recon

[Chris_in_Tampa]

South Quadrant (heading from south to north):

This set:

30s flight level wind: 94kts
10s flight level wind: 99kts
10s estimated surface wind: 79kts
Lowest estimated surface pressure: 949.0 mb (at end of set)

URNT15 KNHC 151345
AF302 0708A GONZALO HDOB 32 20141015
133600 2246N 06753W 6964 03102 0010 +084 //// 258056 056 048 005 01
133630 2248N 06753W 6963 03095 9995 +081 +081 257056 057 049 007 00
133700 2250N 06753W 6963 03089 0000 +079 +079 259059 060 051 007 00
133730 2251N 06753W 6969 03079 9995 +081 +081 264059 061 052 007 00
133800 2253N 06753W 6963 03074 9986 +081 +081 263064 065 053 010 00
133830 2255N 06753W 6963 03065 9960 +089 +089 260068 070 054 010 00
133900 2257N 06753W 6967 03050 9942 +089 +087 267061 067 057 007 00
133930 2259N 06753W 6969 03034 9922 +088 +083 266069 072 060 007 00
134000 2300N 06753W 6968 03019 9910 +086 +083 263075 075 062 007 00
134030 2302N 06753W 6966 03007 9862 +113 +064 263081 084 065 005 00
134100 2304N 06753W 6959 02994 9837 +116 +058 260084 086 067 005 00
134130 2306N 06753W 6972 02957 9804 +122 +085 259074 086 067 005 00
134200 2308N 06753W 6962 02956 9762 +143 +076 259062 065 057 005 00
134230 2309N 06753W 6965 02930 9743 +144 +059 251072 074 062 005 00
134300 2311N 06753W 6955 02913 9701 +153 +048 251080 084 068 005 00
134330 2313N 06753W 6966 02855 9643 +158 +056 250094 099 079 007 00
134400 2315N 06753W 6972 02773 9575 +149 +114 245087 099 079 007 00
134430 2317N 06754W 6972 02714 9532 +130 //// 243040 072 070 013 01
134500 2319N 06754W 6975 02680 9498 +133 +128 173008 023 040 012 00
134530 2320N 06755W 6970 02691 9490 +144 +114 067024 032 028 005 00
$$
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[Chris_in_Tampa]

[Chris_in_Tampa]

Flying due north into the northern quadrant.

This set:

30s flight level wind: 93kts
10s flight level wind: 98kts
10s estimated surface wind: 96kts
Lowest estimated surface pressure: 950.1 mb (949.0 mb was lower in previous set)

URNT15 KNHC 151355
AF302 0708A GONZALO HDOB 33 20141015
134600 2322N 06756W 6972 02712 9501 +155 +117 057044 055 051 009 03
134630 2323N 06756W 6964 02750 9559 +147 +133 074082 094 084 054 03
134700 2325N 06756W 6974 02789 9639 +127 //// 086093 097 084 063 05
134730 2326N 06756W 6952 02873 9694 +125 +118 089092 098 096 058 00
134800 2328N 06756W 6965 02900 9776 +096 +096 091091 098 077 036 00
134830 2330N 06756W 6950 02949 9808 +092 +088 096086 091 067 023 00
134900 2331N 06756W 6968 02952 9794 +120 +078 097079 084 073 005 00
134930 2333N 06756W 6961 02982 9813 +125 +065 097071 075 076 003 00
135000 2335N 06756W 6965 02989 9823 +127 +067 097067 069 083 006 00
135030 2337N 06756W 6974 02988 9838 +123 +090 092067 068 081 005 00
135100 2339N 06756W 6962 03010 9886 +108 +107 106078 086 076 009 00
135130 2340N 06756W 6975 03014 9938 +098 +098 102086 088 072 021 00
135200 2342N 06756W 6968 03039 9961 +090 +090 103093 096 070 013 00
135230 2344N 06756W 6963 03058 9977 +089 +089 106087 090 066 014 00
135300 2346N 06756W 6964 03070 9987 +089 +089 110088 090 067 013 00
135330 2348N 06756W 6972 03071 0002 +088 +088 106082 088 066 012 00
135400 2349N 06756W 6964 03090 9999 +084 +084 102072 079 063 009 00
135430 2351N 06756W 6967 03093 0022 +081 +081 103072 073 062 008 00
135500 2353N 06756W 6965 03105 0015 +079 +079 103075 076 061 008 00
135530 2355N 06756W 6964 03112 0032 +080 +080 103072 076 061 008 00
$$
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[Chris_in_Tampa]

[Chris_in_Tampa]

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       A. NOAA 43 WILL FLY AN OCEAN WINDS RESEARCH MISSION INTO
          GONZALO WEDNESDAY AT 8,000 FT, DEAPRTING KMCF AT 15/1100Z.

[Chris_in_Tampa]

Air Force mission is about to end, exiting out of the storm from the northern quadrant.

URNT15 KNHC 151405
AF302 0708A GONZALO HDOB 34 20141015
135600 2357N 06755W 6973 03107 0046 +073 +073 102074 074 057 009 00
135630 2358N 06755W 6965 03124 0043 +074 +073 099069 073 056 008 00
135700 2358N 06755W 6965 03124 0049 +077 +077 102068 069 056 009 00
135730 2402N 06755W 6965 03129 0071 +077 +077 104069 071 054 011 00
135800 2404N 06755W 6964 03135 0078 +081 +081 105071 073 053 014 00
135830 2406N 06755W 6970 03136 0080 +078 +078 109069 071 054 018 00
135900 2408N 06755W 6965 03144 0074 +081 +081 113069 070 054 017 00
135930 2410N 06755W 6974 03136 0090 +081 +081 113072 074 052 011 00
140000 2411N 06755W 6969 03145 0075 +079 +079 115068 073 052 010 00
140030 2413N 06755W 6963 03156 0095 +075 +075 113065 069 050 012 00
140100 2415N 06755W 6963 03158 0112 +074 +074 103059 064 050 011 00
140130 2417N 06755W 6980 03148 0123 +071 +071 096055 063 048 012 00
140200 2419N 06755W 6967 03163 0110 +071 +071 096055 056 047 009 00
140230 2421N 06755W 6963 03170 0105 +067 +067 098055 058 046 008 00
140300 2422N 06755W 6975 03159 0111 +066 +062 093055 057 045 007 00
140330 2424N 06755W 6959 03177 0113 +064 +059 090055 056 046 006 00
140400 2426N 06755W 6964 03176 0107 +067 +059 089056 058 045 007 00
140430 2427N 06755W 6964 03181 0114 +065 +064 083053 058 046 007 00
140500 2429N 06755W 6967 03173 0108 +069 +066 084047 052 046 006 00
140530 2431N 06755W 6966 03183 0099 +078 +051 081051 053 045 006 00
$$
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[Chris_in_Tampa]

[Chris_in_Tampa]

9:50am EDT radar from NOAA3 as they enter from the WNW 100 nautical miles from the center:



Image Credit: NOAA-AOC

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[Chris_in_Tampa]

URNT12 KNHC 151409
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE AL082014
A. 15/13:45:00Z
B. 23 deg 18 min N
067 deg 54 min W
C. 700 mb 2654 m
D. 79 kt
E. 174 deg 3 nm
F. 249 deg 99 kt
G. 174 deg 3 nm
H. 950 mb
I. 9 C / 3052 m
J. 14 C / 3045 m
K. 12 C / NA
L. CLOSED WALL
M. CO2-25
N. 12345 / 07
O. 0.02 / 0.5 nm
P. AF302 0708A GONZALO OB 15
MAX FL WIND 123 KT 078 / 10 NM 13:04:00Z
MAX FL TEMP 16 C 170 / 6 NM FROM FL CNTR
CNTR DROPSONDE SFC WIND 095 / 09 KT
MAX TEMP OF 16C NOT INSIDE 2NM EYE BUT WITHIN LARGER OUTER EYE

[Chris_in_Tampa]

Air Force mission over.



NOAA Radar at 10:35am EDT:



Image Credit: NOAA-AOC

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       A. NOAA 43 WILL FLY AN OCEAN WINDS RESEARCH MISSION INTO
          GONZALO WEDNESDAY AT 8,000 FT, DEAPRTING KMCF AT 15/1100Z.

NHC Plan of the Day

NOAA43: Will do an Ocean Winds experiment in Hurricane Gonzalo. Takeoff will be at 1100 UTC (7am local time) and recover in St. Croix 8 h later.

http://noaahrd.wordpress.com/

Flight is at around 8,000 feet.

URNT15 KWBC 151440
NOAA3 WA08A GONZALO HDOB 19 20141015
143030 2338N 06900W 7644 02382 0068 +125 +122 036042 043 /// /// 03
143100 2337N 06858W 7644 02379 0064 +126 +124 038045 047 038 002 00
143130 2336N 06856W 7646 02376 0057 +130 +121 035050 052 041 001 00
143200 2335N 06855W 7644 02373 0057 +127 +116 032056 057 043 001 00
143230 2334N 06853W 7643 02371 0052 +129 +119 035053 054 043 002 00
143300 2333N 06851W 7643 02368 0048 +127 //// 034055 058 044 004 01
143330 2332N 06849W 7642 02364 0042 +127 //// 035056 058 046 007 01
143400 2331N 06847W 7642 02357 0038 +126 //// 030057 058 046 006 01
143430 2331N 06845W 7643 02355 0028 +130 //// 030057 057 048 005 01
143500 2330N 06843W 7647 02342 0019 +133 +132 024053 055 049 003 00
143530 2329N 06841W 7641 02343 0009 +139 +123 023052 053 049 005 00
143600 2328N 06839W 7606 02378 0003 +137 +124 020052 053 048 007 00
143630 2327N 06837W 7604 02374 9996 +136 +123 017051 051 051 008 00
143700 2327N 06835W 7603 02367 9983 +142 +120 014057 059 053 009 00
143730 2326N 06833W 7602 02360 9972 +143 +122 012059 062 054 007 00
143800 2325N 06831W 7601 02350 9963 +142 +119 010060 061 055 003 00
143830 2325N 06829W 7607 02333 9945 +147 +118 002060 061 055 002 00
143900 2324N 06827W 7591 02338 9928 +150 +125 001068 072 058 003 00
143930 2323N 06825W 7547 02372 9908 +148 +139 003069 071 063 010 00
144000 2322N 06822W 7503 02401 9892 +134 //// 006069 074 067 022 01

[Chris_in_Tampa]

[Chris_in_Tampa]

This set:

30s flight level wind: 110kts
10s flight level wind: 114kts
10s estimated surface wind: 106kts
Lowest estimated surface pressure: 952.2 mb

URNT15 KWBC 151450
NOAA3 WA08A GONZALO HDOB 20 20141015
144030 2321N 06820W 7515 02351 9850 +143 //// 354050 061 069 012 01
144100 2321N 06818W 7510 02358 9820 +171 +152 347044 047 068 006 00
144130 2321N 06816W 7455 02410 9820 +157 +144 347042 043 055 004 00
144200 2321N 06813W 7459 02391 9802 +160 +137 339042 044 042 001 00
144230 2321N 06811W 7452 02385 9784 +161 +130 334047 047 042 001 00
144300 2321N 06809W 7452 02366 9775 +146 +145 328050 051 046 002 00
144330 2322N 06807W 7451 02338 9718 +180 +136 321054 056 051 003 00
144400 2322N 06804W 7445 02312 9679 +179 +143 309058 060 056 001 00
144430 2324N 06802W 7440 02255 9578 +224 +125 301065 070 056 000 03
144500 2325N 06800W 7333 02319 9533 +191 +159 286032 046 040 010 00
144530 2326N 06758W 7289 02348 9524 +165 +157 229020 022 037 004 00
144600 2327N 06756W 7288 02345 9522 +166 +155 187039 050 057 007 00
144630 2328N 06754W 7294 02384 9578 +159 //// 174093 114 106 010 01
144700 2330N 06752W 7214 02583 9705 +135 +126 158110 114 103 019 00
144730 2331N 06750W 7240 02606 9751 +152 +114 152093 098 089 026 00
144800 2332N 06748W 7254 02617 9791 +144 +124 150086 086 081 020 00
144830 2333N 06746W 7286 02607 9823 +144 +121 150085 086 082 009 00
144900 2334N 06744W 7360 02543 9856 +135 +135 156084 087 081 006 00
144930 2335N 06743W 7370 02548 9881 +126 //// 161094 098 079 012 05
145000 2336N 06741W 7296 02649 9916 +107 //// 148092 094 077 032 01

[Chris_in_Tampa]

[Chris_in_Tampa]

This set:

30s flight level wind: 93kts
10s flight level wind: 96kts
10s estimated surface wind: 74kts

URNT15 KWBC 151500
NOAA3 WA08A GONZALO HDOB 21 20141015
145030 2337N 06739W 7353 02596 9937 +107 //// 151090 092 074 028 01
145100 2338N 06737W 7411 02546 9951 +113 //// 152084 086 070 021 01
145130 2339N 06735W 7489 02469 9966 +116 //// 154082 086 069 014 01
145200 2340N 06733W 7481 02486 9980 +113 //// 156086 088 069 019 01
145230 2341N 06731W 7505 02467 9987 +115 //// 156093 096 066 023 01
145300 2342N 06730W 7546 02426 9995 +117 //// 157090 091 065 011 01
145330 2343N 06728W 7578 02404 0008 +121 //// 156092 092 064 009 01
145400 2344N 06726W 7590 02401 0026 +118 //// 156089 091 065 008 01
145430 2345N 06724W 7585 02415 0038 +115 //// 154083 083 060 010 01
145500 2346N 06722W 7590 02415 0044 +116 //// 158081 083 059 012 01
145530 2347N 06720W 7579 02430 0045 +118 //// 156071 074 060 013 01
145600 2348N 06718W 7576 02439 0052 +115 //// 153070 074 058 015 01
145630 2349N 06716W 7604 02410 0063 +108 //// 152072 074 056 018 01
145700 2350N 06715W 7591 02431 0067 +109 //// 151078 083 054 016 01
145730 2351N 06713W 7590 02438 0070 +114 //// 146079 083 053 013 01
145800 2352N 06711W 7621 02408 0072 +117 //// 144077 078 051 011 01
145830 2353N 06709W 7626 02404 0072 +123 //// 146075 076 052 009 01
145900 2354N 06708W 7643 02390 0073 +125 //// 144074 078 051 010 05
145930 2356N 06706W 7630 02405 0068 +130 +127 149072 075 050 011 03
150000 2358N 06706W 7644 02394 0077 +131 +118 150074 074 050 012 03

[Chris_in_Tampa]

[Chris_in_Tampa]

URNT15 KWBC 151510
NOAA3 WA08A GONZALO HDOB 22 20141015
150030 2400N 06706W 7648 02392 0080 +129 +117 149068 071 049 010 03
150100 2403N 06708W 7661 02375 0081 +128 +116 143070 072 048 006 03
150130 2404N 06709W 7649 02391 0080 +127 +115 142071 073 048 006 03
150200 2407N 06710W 7625 02416 0080 +126 +118 139074 075 047 006 03
150230 2409N 06710W 7653 02385 0082 +128 +116 137071 074 047 005 00
150300 2412N 06710W 7621 02422 0087 +124 +112 132067 067 046 004 00
150330 2414N 06710W 7623 02421 0089 +124 +108 132064 065 046 003 00
150400 2417N 06710W 7622 02428 0092 +125 +105 132062 063 046 003 00
150430 2419N 06710W 7621 02430 0094 +126 +100 131061 061 044 003 00
150500 2421N 06710W 7620 02435 0095 +129 +097 133061 063 044 002 00
150530 2423N 06709W 7616 02440 0097 +131 +092 133061 062 045 003 03
150600 2425N 06709W 7618 02442 0099 +132 +089 137059 060 045 003 03
150630 2427N 06707W 7622 02439 0096 +138 +084 140061 063 041 004 03
150700 2426N 06706W 7619 02444 0094 +142 +081 139061 063 /// /// 03
150730 2425N 06706W 7622 02440 0096 +137 +088 136059 060 /// /// 03
150800 2424N 06708W 7625 02432 0096 +133 +091 132058 059 /// /// 03
150830 2425N 06710W 7621 02434 0097 +131 +092 130060 061 /// /// 03
150900 2427N 06711W 7623 02437 0099 +131 +089 132059 060 /// /// 03
150930 2429N 06710W 7622 02438 0100 +134 +083 138062 062 /// /// 03
151000 2430N 06709W 7623 02441 0096 +140 +080 141062 063 /// /// 03

[Chris_in_Tampa]

[Chris_in_Tampa]

This is a non-tasked mission doing an Ocean Winds Experiment. I'm not sure what kind of obs it might have and what the track might be.