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Aerial Reconnaissance for the North Atlantic in 2021

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Named Storms

Claudette
June 17 - June 19
3 Missions

Danny
June 28
Highest Flight Level Wind: 49 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 42 knots
Lowest MSLP: 1009 mb
1 Mission

Elsa
July 2 - July 7
Highest Flight Level Wind: 75 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 73 knots
Lowest MSLP: 993 mb
15 Missions

Fred
August 10 - August 16
Highest Flight Level Wind: 70 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 54 knots
Lowest MSLP: 993 mb (extrap)
15 Missions

Grace
August 14 - August 21
Highest Flight Level Wind: 115 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 105 knots
Lowest MSLP: 968 mb
22 Missions

Henri
August 19 - August 22
Highest Flight Level Wind: 82 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 66 knots
Lowest MSLP: 986 mb
14 Missions

Ida
August 26 - August 29
Highest Flight Level Wind: 146 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 131 knots
Lowest MSLP: 931 mb
18 Missions

Larry
September 5 - September 9
Highest Flight Level Wind: 118 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 101 knots
Lowest MSLP: 956 mb
10 Missions

Nicholas
September 12 - September 14
Highest Flight Level Wind: 80 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 63 knots
Lowest MSLP: 989 mb
4 Missions

Odette
September 15 - September 16
2 Missions

Peter
September 19 - September 21
Highest Flight Level Wind: 58 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 44 knots
Lowest MSLP: 1005 mb (extrap)
5 Missions

Sam
September 25 - October 2
Highest Flight Level Wind: 152 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 144 knots
Lowest MSLP: 932 mb
19 Missions


Depressions

No available data.

Suspect Areas

Second (BB)
July 24 - July 25
Highest Flight Level Wind: 35 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 35 knots
Lowest MSLP: 1012 mb (extrap)
2 Missions

Fifth (FF)
October 9 - October 10
Highest Flight Level Wind: 40 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 25 knots
Lowest MSLP: 1005 mb (extrap)
2 Missions



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.



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)