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NOAA3 (NOAA WP-3D) · 2026-09-02 22:30 – 09-03 04:31 UTC ·1 center fix · archived observations, not a live position.
158°W 156°W 154°W 152°W 12°N 14°N 16°N 18°N 20°N 22°N Aircraft fix (observation), 2026-09-02 22:30 UTC Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-02 22:10 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 1005 mb
Surface wind: 345° 23 kt Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-02 22:21 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 1001 mb
Surface wind: 330° 34 kt Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-02 22:28 UTC (launch)
Surface pressure: 955 mb
Remark: Released in the eyewall (270°) Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-02 22:34 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 933 mb
Surface wind: 110° 16 kt
Remark: Released at the center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-02 22:36 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 969 mb
Surface wind: 120° 116 kt
Remark: Released in the eyewall (090°) Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-02 22:46 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 999 mb
Surface wind: 135° 38 kt Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-02 22:57 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 1004 mb
Surface wind: 155° 14 kt Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 00:17 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 999 mb
Surface wind: 255° 36 kt Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 00:28 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 1000 mb
Surface wind: 195° 29 kt Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 00:44 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 950 mb
Surface wind: 150° 110 kt
Remark: Released in the eyewall (135°) Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 00:46 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 935 mb
Surface wind: 040° 24 kt
Remark: Released at the center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 00:49 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 956 mb
Surface wind: 325° 113 kt
Remark: Released in the eyewall (315°) Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 00:59 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 999 mb
Surface wind: 020° 42 kt Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 01:10 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 1003 mb
Surface wind: 030° 36 kt Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 01:36 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 1001 mb
Surface wind: 305° 31 kt Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 01:52 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 964 mb
Surface wind: 240° 98 kt
Remark: Released in the eyewall (225°) Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 01:53 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 935 mb
Surface wind: 080° 16 kt
Remark: Released at the center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 01:57 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 957 mb
Surface wind: 050° 90 kt
Remark: Released in the eyewall (045°) Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 02:07 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 999 mb
Surface wind: 105° 42 kt Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 02:19 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 1004 mb
Surface wind: 115° 28 kt Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 23:58 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 954 mb
Surface wind: 030° 101 kt
Remark: Released in the eyewall (000°) Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 00:01 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 934 mb
Surface wind: 195° 18 kt
Remark: Released at the center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 00:02 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 962 mb
Surface wind: 220° 94 kt
Remark: Released in the eyewall (180°) Flight-level wind: < 34 kt 34–49 kt 50–63 kt 64–82 kt 83–95 kt 96–112 kt 113+ kt Ringed dots: center fixes (observations). Open circles: dropsonde splash points. Dashed: best track, ±12 h around the mission. Storm-relative view 25 nm 50 nm 100 nm 150 nm N NE SE SW NW Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-02 22:10 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 1005 mb
Surface wind: 345° 23 kt
Splash 96 nm at 268° (SW) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-02 22:21 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 1001 mb
Surface wind: 330° 34 kt
Splash 53 nm at 265° (SW) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-02 22:28 UTC (launch)
Surface pressure: 955 mb
Remark: Released in the eyewall (270°)
Splash 7 nm at 237° (SW) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-02 22:34 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 933 mb
Surface wind: 110° 16 kt
Remark: Released at the center
Splash 5 nm at 129° (SE) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-02 22:36 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 969 mb
Surface wind: 120° 116 kt
Remark: Released in the eyewall (090°)
Splash 13 nm at 074° (NE) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-02 22:46 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 999 mb
Surface wind: 135° 38 kt
Splash 52 nm at 093° (SE) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-02 22:57 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 1004 mb
Surface wind: 155° 14 kt
Splash 99 nm at 094° (SE) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 00:17 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 999 mb
Surface wind: 255° 36 kt
Splash 68 nm at 174° (SE) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 00:28 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 1000 mb
Surface wind: 195° 29 kt
Splash 70 nm at 134° (SE) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 00:44 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 950 mb
Surface wind: 150° 110 kt
Remark: Released in the eyewall (135°)
Splash 10 nm at 068° (NE) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 00:46 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 935 mb
Surface wind: 040° 24 kt
Remark: Released at the center
Splash 2 nm at 347° (NW) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 00:49 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 956 mb
Surface wind: 325° 113 kt
Remark: Released in the eyewall (315°)
Splash 8 nm at 275° (NW) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 00:59 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 999 mb
Surface wind: 020° 42 kt
Splash 50 nm at 317° (NW) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 01:10 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 1003 mb
Surface wind: 030° 36 kt
Splash 95 nm at 318° (NW) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 01:36 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 1001 mb
Surface wind: 305° 31 kt
Splash 69 nm at 228° (SW) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 01:52 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 964 mb
Surface wind: 240° 98 kt
Remark: Released in the eyewall (225°)
Splash 9 nm at 167° (SE) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 01:53 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 935 mb
Surface wind: 080° 16 kt
Remark: Released at the center
Splash 1 nm at 036° (NE) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 01:57 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 957 mb
Surface wind: 050° 90 kt
Remark: Released in the eyewall (045°)
Splash 11 nm at 008° (NE) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 02:07 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 999 mb
Surface wind: 105° 42 kt
Splash 53 nm at 046° (NE) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 02:19 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 1004 mb
Surface wind: 115° 28 kt
Splash 101 nm at 048° (NE) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 00:01 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 934 mb
Surface wind: 195° 18 kt
Remark: Released at the center
Splash 3 nm at 090° (NE) from the estimated center Dropsonde (observation)
Time: 2026-09-03 00:02 UTC (splash)
Surface pressure: 962 mb
Surface wind: 220° 94 kt
Remark: Released in the eyewall (180°)
Splash 10 nm at 129° (SE) from the estimated center Pass 1: peak 10-s flight-level wind 119 kt, 9 nm at 116° (SE) from the estimated center, 00:40 UTC Pass 2: peak 10-s flight-level wind 135 kt, 10 nm at 333° (NW) from the estimated center, 00:45 UTC Pass 3: peak 10-s flight-level wind 129 kt, 9 nm at 348° (NW) from the estimated center, 02:54 UTC Peak 10-s flight-level wind, per pass Dropsonde splash point Estimated centerObservations relative to the estimated storm center (best track refined by this mission’s aircraft center fixes), north up, within 150 nm; not the best track. Track colored by flight-level wind, as on the map above. Pass 1 (00:35–00:42 UTC): flight-level RMW estimate 9 nm (distance of the peak 10-s flight-level wind, SE) — an estimate, not an analysis Pass 2 (00:42–02:52 UTC): flight-level RMW estimate 10 nm (distance of the peak 10-s flight-level wind, NW) — an estimate, not an analysis Pass 3 (02:52–03:28 UTC): flight-level RMW estimate 9 nm (distance of the peak 10-s flight-level wind, NW) — an estimate, not an analysis Observations along the flight From the HDOB messages, every 30 seconds. Gaps are missing values or missing messages.
Extrapolated surface pressure and peak flight-level wind
Center fixes (observations), minimum sea-level pressure: Dropsonde-measured
SFMR surface wind and rain rate
Flight-level temperature and dewpoint
Aircraft pressure and geopotential height
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