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Aerial Reconnaissance for the North Atlantic in 2022

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Other basins in 2022: East & Central Pacific

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Named Storms

Alex
June 2 - June 6
Highest Flight Level Wind: 89 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 57 knots
Lowest MSLP: 985 mb
9 Missions

Bonnie
June 27 - July 2
Highest Flight Level Wind: 61 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 46 knots
Lowest MSLP: 997 mb
9 Missions

Earl
August 28 - September 9
Highest Flight Level Wind: 107 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 82 knots
Lowest MSLP: 961 mb
31 Missions

Fiona
September 15 - September 24
Highest Flight Level Wind: 144 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 116 knots
Lowest MSLP: 932 mb
28 Missions

Ian
September 21 - September 30
Highest Flight Level Wind: 160 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 137 knots
Lowest MSLP: 937 mb
32 Missions

Julia
October 4 - October 9
Highest Flight Level Wind: 75 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 67 knots
Lowest MSLP: 989 mb
9 Missions

Karl
October 11 - October 15
Highest Flight Level Wind: 58 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 52 knots
Lowest MSLP: 999 mb
7 Missions

Lisa
October 29 - November 4
Highest Flight Level Wind: 78 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 71 knots
Lowest MSLP: 989 mb
16 Missions

Nicole
November 7 - November 10
Highest Flight Level Wind: 80 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 68 knots
Lowest MSLP: 975 mb (extrap)
16 Missions


Depressions

Four
August 19 - August 20
2 Missions


Suspect Areas

Third (DD)
June 29 - June 30
Highest Flight Level Wind: 25 knots
Highest Est. Surface Wind: 25 knots
Lowest MSLP: 1013 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.


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)