EPIC SUMMARY STATUS REPORT

Date of report(UTC): 2001/09/22 17:31
Author of report: José Meitín
Submitted at(UTC): 20010922:17:41

OVERVIEW:

from the NHC Advisory #1 21SEP/1800Z

REPORTS FROM A NOAA AIRCRAFT INVESTIGATING THE DISTURBANCE SOUTH OF
THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC INDICATE THAT THE SYSTEM HAS RAPIDLY
DEVELOPED INTO A TROPICAL STORM. THE AIRCRAFT REPORTED PEAK
FLIGHT-LEVEL WINDS OF 52 KT...FROM AN ALTITUDE OF 5000 FT...
CORRESPONDING TO ABOUT 40 KT AT THE SURFACE. THE STEPPED
FREQUENCY MICROWAVE RADIOMETER...SFMR...REPORTED AN AREA OF 50 KT
SURFACE WINDS...AND THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS A COMPROMISE OF THESE VALUES.

JULIETTE IS A SMALL CYCLONE. SMALL SYSTEMS ARE PRONE TO RAPID
CHANGES IN INTENSITY...UP OR DOWN.

N43 returned to McDill Field this morning for TD#10- scheduled to return
to EPIC Operations on Wednesday 26 Sept.

FACILITY/PROJECT STATUS

= up;

= provisional;

= down ;

= no report

Aircraft
1.	NSF C-130 (Remaining flight hrs: ~95)		Comment:	no flight ops
	a.	Aerosol	Comment:
	b.	Chemistry	Comment:
	c.	Meteorology	Comment:
	d.	Microphysics	Comment:
	e.	Oceanography	Comment:
	f.	Photography	Comment:
	g.	Radiation	Comment:

2.	NOAA P-3 (Remaining flight hrs: ~71)		Comment:	Return to Base - CAMEX ops- TO 1530Z
	a.	Meteorology	Comment:
	b.	Microphysics	Comment:
	c.	Oceanography	Comment:
	d.	Photography	Comment:
	e.	Radiation	Comment:

Ship(s)
3.	Ron Brown		Comment:	TAO servicing at 10N
	a.	Aerosol Measurements	Comment:
	b.	Meteorological Measurements	Comment:
	c.	Oceanographic Measurements	Comment:
	d.	Radiation Measurements	Comment:

4.	El Puma		Comment:
	a.	Meteorological Measurements	Comment:

Surface Site(s)
5.	Galapagos		Comment:
	a.	Aerosondes	Comment:	Aerosonde teams arrived Quito Wednesday 19 Sept
	b.	Soundings	Comment:	00 and 12 UTC
	c.	Operations center	Comment:

Operations Center
6.	Runway Status		Comment:
7.	Local Area Network		Comment:

Satellite Receiving Systems
8.	GOES		Comment:
9.	NOAA POES		Comment:	antenna reinstalled
10.	SeaWIFS		Comment:

Other
Logistics			Comment: