NHC/TPC Aircraft Reconnaissance

Plan of the Day

• For Today [How to read]
  
• For Tomorrow [How to read]
  

Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico Reconnaissance

• RECCO Observations (non-tropical cyclone)    [How to read]
• RECCO Observations (tropical cyclone)    [How to read]
• Vortex Data Message    [How to read] [with frames]
• Supplementary Vortex Data Message    [How to read]
• Dropsonde Observations    [How to read]

Eastern Pacific Reconnaissance

• RECCO Observations (non-tropical cyclone)    [How to read]
• RECCO Observations (tropical cyclone)    [How to read]
• Vortex Data Message    [How to read] [with frames]
• Supplementary Vortex Data Message    [How to read]
• Dropsonde Observations    [How to read]

Reconnaissance report formats are also explained here.

Reconnaissance Data Archive

Hurricane Reconnaissance Organizations
(The Hurricane Hunters)

• 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
     403rd Wing, Air Force Reserve Command
     Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi
  
  
• NOAA Aircraft Operations Center
     MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida