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Aerial Reconnaissance for the North Atlantic in 2016

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Other basins in 2016: East & Central Pacific | West Pacific

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Named Storms

Bonnie
May 27 - June 2
Highest Flight Level Wind: 43 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 46 knots
Lowest MSLP: 1006 mb (extrap)
5 Missions

Colin
June 5 - June 7
Highest Flight Level Wind: 71 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 31 knots
Lowest MSLP: 1003 mb
6 Missions

Danielle
June 19 - June 20
Highest Flight Level Wind: 52 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 44 knots
Lowest MSLP: 1007 mb
2 Missions

Earl
August 1 - August 5
Highest Flight Level Wind: 85 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 64 knots
Lowest MSLP: 980 mb
9 Missions

Gaston
August 24 - August 27
2 Missions

Hermine
August 23 - September 6
Highest Flight Level Wind: 90 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 65 knots
Lowest MSLP: 983 mb
27 Missions

Julia
September 15 - September 16
Highest Flight Level Wind: 34 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 38 knots
Lowest MSLP: 1007 mb
2 Missions

Karl
September 20 - September 25
Highest Flight Level Wind: 71 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 55 knots
Lowest MSLP: 989 mb
18 Missions

Matthew
September 27 - October 9
Highest Flight Level Wind: 142 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 143 knots
Lowest MSLP: 934 mb
47 Missions

Nicole
October 11 - October 13
Highest Flight Level Wind: 119 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 114 knots
Lowest MSLP: 951 mb
5 Missions

Otto
November 20 - November 24
Highest Flight Level Wind: 108 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 90 knots
Lowest MSLP: 977 mb
6 Missions


Depressions

Eight
August 28 - August 31
Highest Flight Level Wind: 35 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 35 knots
Lowest MSLP: 1010 mb
5 Missions


Suspect Areas

Sixth (GG)
October 20
Highest Flight Level Wind: 38 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 30 knots
Lowest MSLP: 1002 mb (extrap)
1 Mission



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.



Recon data on our site is raw. The raw observations will contain errors at times. The dates above represent the period over which reconnaissance took place, not the duration of the storm. The first date is the date of the first mission and the last date is the date of the last mission. All other observations noted on this archive page come solely from vortex messages, if available. Since this data is more likely to have been reviewed, we use it rather than using any other products on this summary page. It will still sometimes be erroneous. Additionally, our site will not always decode the most significant observations. If that occurs, they will not be reflected here. The highest flight level wind will usually be from the highest flight level wind remark in the remarks section, though it may come from item F, which is where the maximum inbound flight level wind is reported. The highest estimated surface wind is either from item D, the highest surface wind on the inbound leg, or from the highest surface wind remark if available. The surface wind is estimated either by SFMR or visually. The lowest mean sea level pressure (MSLP) comes from item H. If it was extrapolated, rather than measured by a dropsonde, it will be noted if it was noted as such in the vortex message.

Once a suspect area strengthens into a depression or named storm, or a depression strengthens into a named storm, we manually associate the recon that was done into that storm when it was weaker with the name of the highest level of development it achieved. (depression number or named storm)