Evacuation and relief flights for hurricane Dean

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17 years 4 months ago #5056 by SPA031
It looks like Jamaica will be hit by a severe hurricane shortly. I suggest that we come to their aid and fly out the tourists who want to leave. On our trip to Jamaica, we could bring in relief supplies like medicines and water treatment equipment. We can land at Kingston.

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17 years 4 months ago #5058 by SPA118
Sounds good to me Bob. I'll be leaving first thing tomorrow morning in a 747, departing Minneapolis and arriving in Kingston.

I suppose if nobody has a problem with it, anyone wanting to do relief flights can file for time. Use SPC08190701 (08 being the month, 19 being the day, 07 being the year and 01 being the flight of the day) for your pirep.

The hurricane is expected to make landfall in Jamaica at 2000 local (2400Z) tomorrow night so make sure you arrive and depart prior to then.<br /><br /><!-- editby --><br /><br /><em>edited by: SPA118, Aug 18, 2007 - 08:57 PM</em><!-- end editby -->

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17 years 4 months ago #5063 by tbone-guy
Just arrived in Kingston...i'm thinknin instead of bringin the stranded tourists to MSP i'll bring them back to miami...if i have time today that is...i'll post pics of flight from MSP soon!!

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17 years 4 months ago #5064 by SPA118
Here's the latest update for folks enroute to Jamaica:


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17 years 4 months ago #5065 by SPA031
Here is the <a href="www.nhc.noaa.gov/" target="_blank">Hurricane Advisory web page.

AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DEAN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 17.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 75.1 WEST OR ABOUT 130 MILES...
210 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA AND ABOUT 215 MILES...
345 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF PORT AU PRINCE HAITI.

DEAN IS MOVING WEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR. A MOTION BETWEEN WEST
AND WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF DEAN WILL BE VERY NEAR THE ISLAND OF
JAMAICA BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 145 MPH...230 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. DEAN IS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE COMMON IN MAJOR HURRICANES AND
ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

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17 years 4 months ago #5066 by SPA118
If anyone is unable to land in Jamaica due to the weather, please divert to Cancun. Current weather in Jamaica:

METAR text: MKJP 191600Z COR 30009KT 8000 -RA BKN012 SCT016CB OVC100 25/23 Q1004
Conditions at: MKJP (KINGSTON/NORMAN, JM) observed 1600 UTC 19 August 2007
Temperature: 25.0°C (77°F)
Dewpoint: 23.0°C (73°F) [RH = 89%]
Pressure (altimeter): 29.65 inches Hg (1004.0 mb)
Winds: from the WNW (300 degrees) at 10 MPH (9 knots; 4.7 m/s)
Visibility: 5 miles (8 km)
Ceiling: 1200 feet AGL
Clouds: broken clouds at 1200 feet AGL
scattered clouds at 1600 feet AGL
overcast cloud deck at 10000 feet AGL
Weather: -RA (light rain)

<br /><br /><!-- editby --><br /><br /><em>edited by: SPA118, Aug 19, 2007 - 11:14 AM</em><!-- end editby -->

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