16 Aug 2010 Tri-Agency Mission Scientist Report

Mission synopsis:
  
No NOAA missions are planned in the next 24 h. Consideration was given to a mission into ex-TD05 but due to its anticipated short duration over water, no flights are planned. NOAA is watching PGI27L for signs of development.
  
The DC-8 has a takeoff time of 15 UTC 17 August for a 5-hour shakedown mission and exploration of convection associated with ex-TD05 (or renewed TD05 if it organizes) over the extreme northern Gulf of Mexico.
  
 The G-V is scheduled to takeoff at 10 UTC 17 August for a 6-h flight into PGI27L. The flight pattern is a lawnmower pattern with north-south oriented legs fit into roughly an east-west-elongated rectangle centered south of the Dominican Republic. On Wednesday, August 18, a takeoff time of 10 UTC has been proposed to further investigate PGI27L during an 8-h mission.  
  
 

--Chris Davis [PREDICT]