2018 Vortex - SE Operations

[Warren Faidley]

Re: Target area today..... I've noticed several tornado reports today from NOAA aircraft as follows: REISSUANCE OF ORIGINAL LSR - TORNADO OBSERVED BY NOAA AIRCRAFT PROJECT VORTEX 1 MILE NORTH OF CALHOUN.

Does anyone know if there is a new project VORTEX this year?

Thanks.

 

[Clarence Bennett]

Re: Target area today..... I've noticed several tornado reports today from NOAA aircraft as follows: REISSUANCE OF ORIGINAL LSR - TORNADO OBSERVED BY NOAA AIRCRAFT PROJECT VORTEX 1 MILE NORTH OF CALHOUN.

Does anyone know if there is a new project VORTEX this year?

Thanks.

Warren, Vortex-SE is in full force. A couple of weeks ago, I saw the same P-3 in Alabama flying out ahead of the Russellville, AL storm...hurricane hunter aircraft.

 

[rdale]

Here is Friday's track. It went to Florida today... https://flightaware.com/live/flight/NOAA42/history/20180413/1900Z/KHSV/KHSV

 

[Mark Blue]

That’s an interesting flight path they took on Friday once they arrived at the line of storms and started criss crossing them.

Here’s the homepage for their operations: https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/projects/vortexse/