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NOAA2 WA18E

This is an independent research/prototype tool, not an official source. Warnings, watches and the official forecast for this storm come from the National Hurricane Center.

NOAA2 (NOAA WP-3D) · 2026-09-29 01:46 – 09:36 UTC ·2 center fixes · archived observations, not a live position.

Flight-level wind:< 34 kt34–49 kt50–63 kt64–82 kt83–95 kt96–112 kt113+ ktRinged dots: center fixes (observations). Open circles: dropsonde splash points. Dashed: best track, ±12 h around the mission.

Storm-relative view

Peak 10-s flight-level wind, per passDropsonde splash pointEstimated 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 (03:48–04:25 UTC): flight-level RMW estimate 23 nm (distance of the peak 10-s flight-level wind, NE) — an estimate, not an analysis
Pass 2 (04:25–05:26 UTC): flight-level RMW estimate 33 nm (distance of the peak 10-s flight-level wind, SW) — an estimate, not an analysis
Pass 3 (05:26–06:14 UTC): flight-level RMW estimate 53 nm (distance of the peak 10-s flight-level wind, NW) — an estimate, not an analysis
Pass 4 (06:14–06:57 UTC): flight-level RMW estimate 69 nm (distance of the peak 10-s flight-level wind, SE) — 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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