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Aerial Reconnaissance in the North Atlantic


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North Atlantic Basin in 2023

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Named Storms

Arlene
June 1 - June 3
Highest Flight Level Wind: 53 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 38 knots
Lowest MSLP: 998 mb
4 Missions

Bret
June 21 - June 24
Highest Flight Level Wind: 65 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 69 knots
Lowest MSLP: 996 mb
7 Missions

Cindy
June 24 - June 25
Highest Flight Level Wind: 59 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 51 knots
Lowest MSLP: 1006 mb
2 Missions

Franklin
August 20 - August 29
Highest Flight Level Wind: 140 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 128 knots
Lowest MSLP: 927 mb
20 Missions

Harold
August 21 - August 22
Highest Flight Level Wind: 56 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 52 knots
Lowest MSLP: 1004 mb (extrap)
2 Missions

Idalia
August 27 - August 31
Highest Flight Level Wind: 123 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 116 knots
Lowest MSLP: 943 mb
16 Missions

Lee
September 7 - September 16
Highest Flight Level Wind: 153 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 158 knots
Lowest MSLP: 928 mb
40 Missions

Nigel
September 19 - September 20
Highest Flight Level Wind: 101 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 75 knots
Lowest MSLP: 974 mb
4 Missions

Ophelia
September 22 - September 23
Highest Flight Level Wind: 75 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 70 knots
Lowest MSLP: 981 mb
2 Missions


Depressions

No available data.

Suspect Areas

No available data.


Non-Tasked Missions


Any mission that has not been tasked by the National Hurricane Center will appear in the archive at the link above. Research missions, including ones that are tropical, and winter missions will appear in this section of the archive.


Airborne Expendable Bathythermograph (AXBT) Data


Dropped from aircraft, once an AXBT is in the water this expendable instrument drops a sensor deep into the water column measuring water temperature at various depths.