Recon Reports Dennis

[Brent]

We should fly over cubas air space anyway.. What are the going to do send migs into the cane to shoot it down...we need more recon...

Crazy... they didn't have a problem when Charley was about to hit Havana head on.

Cuba's government=

[senorpepr]

Storm Name: DENNIS (04L)
Mission Number: WX
Flight ID: AF307
Observation Number: 04
Time: 0101Z
Latitude: 18.0°N
Longitude: 74.6°W
Location: 138 mi SSE of Guantanamo, Cuba
Turbulence: None
Flight condition: Clear
Pressure Altitude: 22000 feet
Flight level wind: S (190°) @ 52 mph
Temperature: 10°F
Dewpoint: 5°F
Weather: Unknown
D-value: 1300 feet
Surface Wind: N/A
Remarks: None


Storm Name: DENNIS (04L)
Mission Number: 06
Flight ID: AF300
Observation Number: 21
Time: 0100Z
Latitude: 29.1°N
Longitude: 87.2°W
Location: 93 mi SSW of Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Turbulence: None
Flight condition: Clear
Pressure Altitude: 31000 feet
Flight level wind: SSW (210°) @ 28 mph
Temperature: -27°F
Dewpoint: N/A°F
Weather: Scattered Skies
300mb height: 32000 feet
Surface Wind: N/A
Remarks: DEW POINT NEG 55C. LAST REPORT


Storm Name: DENNIS (04L)
Mission Number: WX
Flight ID: AF307
Observation Number: 05
Time: 0121Z
Latitude: 18.6°N
Longitude: 76.2°W
Location: 60 mi NE of Kingston, Jamaica
Turbulence: Moderate
Flight condition: In cloud
Pressure Altitude: 10000 feet
Flight level wind: SSW (200°) @ 48 mph
Temperature: 45°F
Dewpoint: 45°F
Weather: Rainshowers
700mb height: 10300 feet
Surface Wind: N/A
Remarks: None


Storm Name: DENNIS (04L)
Mission Number: WX
Flight ID: AF307
Observation Number: 06
Time: 0139Z
Latitude: 19.4°N
Longitude: 77.1°W
Location: 103 mi NNW of Kingston, Jamaica
Turbulence: Occasional Moderate
Flight condition: In cloud
Pressure Altitude: 10000 feet
Flight level wind: SSW (210°) @ 81 mph
Temperature: 46°F
Dewpoint: 46°F
Weather: Rainshowers
700mb height: 10000 feet
Surface Wind: N/A
Remarks: RADAR CENTER FIX 19.7N 77.4W CIRCULAR EYE 16NM DIAMETER, OPEN SW. GOOD RADAR PRESENTATION. NAV ACCURACY 1 NM.

[gkrangers]

They aren't going to fly into the eye right now since its over the mountains...3000-6000 foot peaks.

They'll wait till it gets back over the carribbean sea.

[dhweather]

Its pretty wierd that Stormcarib.com doesn't have a Cuba forum.
It would be interesting to see posts from people there...

People are allowed to have internet access in Cuba??

Sure, they just don't get to eat for two months.

[senorpepr]

Storm Name: DENNIS (04L)
Mission Number: WX
Flight ID: AF307
Observation Number: 07
Time: 0208Z
Latitude: 19.4°N
Longitude: 77.5°W
Location: 112 mi NNW of Kingston, Jamaica
Turbulence: Occasional Moderate
Flight condition: In & out of clouds
Pressure Altitude: 10000 feet
Flight level wind: SW (230°) @ 76 mph
Temperature: 45°F
Dewpoint: 45°F
Weather: Rainshowers
700mb height: 9900 feet
Surface Wind: N/A
Remarks: RADAR CENTER FIX 19.8N 77.5W, EYE CIRCULAR 16NM DIAMETER OPEN SW, GOOD RADAR PRESENTATION, NAV ACCURACY 1 NM.

[Brent]

Its pretty wierd that Stormcarib.com doesn't have a Cuba forum.
It would be interesting to see posts from people there...

People are allowed to have internet access in Cuba??

Sure, they just don't get to eat for two months.

Sorry... shouldn't be laughing but that was funny.

[mf_dolphin]

I'm going to ask that people hold off on "commentary" posts a bit. We're hitting the server pretty hard and any load that we can take off would be appreciated

[EarthStormFire]

They aren't going to fly into the eye right now since its over the mountains...3000-6000 foot peaks.

They'll wait till it gets back over the carribbean sea.

3000-6000 feet is more like hills than mountains.

[senorpepr]

Storm Name: DENNIS (04L)
Mission Number: WX
Flight ID: AF307
Observation Number: 08
Time: 0241Z
Latitude: 19.0°N
Longitude: 76.0°W
Location: 81 mi SW of Guantanamo, Cuba
Turbulence: Moderate
Flight condition: In cloud
Pressure Altitude: 10000 feet
Flight level wind: S (180°) @ 82 mph
Temperature: 45°F
Dewpoint: 45°F
Weather: Rainshowers
700mb height: 10300 feet
Surface Wind: N/A
Remarks: None

[senorpepr]

Storm Name: DENNIS (04L)
Mission Number: WX
Flight ID: AF307
Observation Number: 09
Time: 0258Z
Latitude: 18.6°N
Longitude: 75.5°W
Location: 92 mi SSW of Guantanamo, Cuba
Turbulence: None
Flight condition: In & out of clouds
Pressure Altitude: 10000 feet
Flight level wind: S (190°) @ 56 mph
Temperature: 45°F
Dewpoint: 43°F
Weather: Rainshowers
700mb height: 10400 feet
Surface Wind: N/A
Remarks: None

[senorpepr]

Storm Name: DENNIS (04L)
Mission Number: WX
Flight ID: AF307
Observation Number: 10
Time: 0330Z
Latitude: 17.9°N
Longitude: 73.0°W
Location: 66 mi SW of Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Turbulence: None
Flight condition: Clear
Pressure Altitude: 25000 feet
Flight level wind: S (190°) @ 40 mph
Temperature: -2°F
Dewpoint: -11°F
Weather: Unknown
400mb height: 25100 feet
Surface Wind: N/A
Remarks: None

[gkrangers]

They aren't going to fly into the eye right now since its over the mountains...3000-6000 foot peaks.

They'll wait till it gets back over the carribbean sea.

3000-6000 feet is more like hills than mountains.

When you need to fly at 1500 feet to get accurate wind and pressure measurements...then they are like the Alps!

[senorpepr]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but AF recon hasn't flown over Cuba today because of the restriction Cuba has placed on AF recon.

[dolebot_Broward_NW]

That would be my guess. Cuba is our enemy, we (The USA, and the UN) have economic sanctions in place, and they (Cuba, Fidel Castro especially) are very hostile to us. An Air Force plane of any kind would not be welcomed with open arms for sure

[HURAKAN]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but AF recon hasn't flown over Cuba today because of the restriction Cuba has placed on AF recon.

They can't fly over Cuba except Fidel gives them permission, remember, he governs the island, his own, private island.

By the way, the only time Fidel has given permission to fly over Cuban airspace was during Hurricane Ivan.

[senorpepr]

That would be my guess. Cuba is our enemy, we (The USA, and the UN) have economic sanctions in place, and they (Cuba, Fidel Castro especially) are very hostile to us. An Air Force plane of any kind would not be welcomed with open arms for sure

Well, in years past Cuba has restricted AF recon because they may be doing recon on more than just a tropical cyclone. However, they never had a problem with NOAA missions.

With that said, Cuba did allow AF mission to continue during Hurricane Ivan.

[senorpepr]

Storm Name: DENNIS (04L)
Mission Number: WX
Flight ID: AF307
Observation Number: 11
Time: 0400Z
Latitude: 17.9°N
Longitude: 70.2°W
Location: 51 mi SW of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Turbulence: None
Flight condition: Clear
Pressure Altitude: 25000 feet
Flight level wind: SSW (200°) @ 18 mph
Temperature: -4°F
Dewpoint: -15°F
Weather: Unknown
400mb height: 25100 feet
Surface Wind: N/A
Remarks: LAST REPORT

[EarthStormFire]

They aren't going to fly into the eye right now since its over the mountains...3000-6000 foot peaks.

They'll wait till it gets back over the carribbean sea.

3000-6000 feet is more like hills than mountains.

When you need to fly at 1500 feet to get accurate wind and pressure measurements...then they are like the Alps!

They fly that low, that seems very low to fly. I thought they flew in the top of the clouds.

[Normandy]

Looks to be weakening, the eye is less defined and its heading towards the edge of the CDO.

[gkrangers]

Looks to be weakening, the eye is less defined and its heading towards the edge of the CDO.

Considering the eyewall just plowed through a mountain and part of the CDO is over land...I'm not surprised. I think Cuba weakens it to a Cat 2..maybe even down to a strong Cat 1. Its gona do some damage...