Non-Tasked Aerial Reconnaissance for the North Atlantic in 2025
This page contains missions that usually have not been tasked by the National Hurricane Center. However, some missions into tropical cyclones do appear here, such as research missions. You will also find winter missions on this page.
October
| Date | Mission Identifier | Agency | Aircraft | Product(s) | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 20th 22:00Z Monday (Yesterday) |
251020160013308 |  |
 AF308 |
High Density, Recco | 
|
| Oct. 20th 21:02Z Monday (Yesterday) |
251020153154307 | |
AF307 |
High Density, Recco |
|
| Oct. 20th 21:17Z Monday (Yesterday) |
251020151204301 | |
AF301 |
High Density, Dropsonde, Recco |
|
| Oct. 19th Sunday |
251019154154304 | |
AF304 |
High Density |
|
| Oct. 18th Saturday |
251018154259307 | |
AF307 |
High Density, Dropsonde, Recco |
|
| Oct. 11th | 251011173317306 | |
AF306 |
High Density, Dropsonde, Recco |
|
| Oct. 11th | 251011172844303 | |
AF303 |
High Density, Recco |
|
| Oct. 11th | 251011170311309 | |
AF309 |
High Density, Recco |
|
| Oct. 10th | Train |  |
 N42RF |
High Density |
|
| Oct. 8th | 251007225931309 | |
AF309 |
High Density, Recco |
|
September
| Date | Mission Identifier | Agency | Aircraft | Product(s) | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep. 26th | Tdr (Nine) Miss. #07 |
|
N42RF |
High Density, Dropsonde |
|
| Sep. 26th | Tdr (Nine) Miss. #05 |
|
N42RF |
High Density, Dropsonde |
|
| Sep. 25th | Tdr (Nine) Miss. #03 |
|
N42RF |
High Density, Dropsonde |
|
| Sep. 23rd | Gabrielle Miss. #WI |
|
 N49RF |
High Density, Dropsonde |
|
| Sep. 22nd | Gabrielle Miss. #WH |
|
N43RF |
High Density, Vortex, Dropsonde |
|
| Sep. 22nd | Gabrielle Miss. #WG |
|
N42RF |
High Density, Vortex, Dropsonde |
|
| Sep. 21st | Gabrielle Miss. #WF |
|
N49RF |
High Density, Vortex, Dropsonde |
|
| Sep. 21st | Gabrielle Miss. #WE |
|
N43RF |
High Density, Vortex, Dropsonde |
|
| Sep. 21st | Gabrielle Miss. #WD |
|
N42RF |
High Density, Vortex, Dropsonde |
|
| Sep. 21st | Gabrielle Miss. #WC |
|
N49RF |
High Density, Dropsonde |
|
| Sep. 20th | Gabrielle Miss. #WB |
|
N43RF |
High Density |
|
| Sep. 20th | Gabrielle Miss. #WA |
|
N42RF |
High Density, Dropsonde |
|
| Sep. 3rd | Buoydep Miss. #02 |
|
AF307 |
High Density, Dropsonde, Recco |
|
August
| Date | Mission Identifier | Agency | Aircraft | Product(s) | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 22nd | Testxtest | |
N42RF |
High Density |
|
| Aug. 20th | Erin Miss. #WD |
|
N43RF |
High Density, AXBT |
|
| Aug. 19th | Erin Miss. #WC |
|
N43RF |
High Density, Vortex, Dropsonde |
|
| Aug. 18th | Erin Miss. #WB |
|
N42RF |
High Density, Vortex, Dropsonde |
|
| Aug. 17th | Erin Miss. #WA |
|
N42RF |
High Density, Vortex, Dropsonde |
|
| Aug. 16th | X | |
N42RF |
Dropsonde |
|
| Aug. 15th | X | |
N42RF |
Dropsonde |
|
| Aug. 6th | Testxtest | |
N42RF |
High Density |
|
June
| Date | Mission Identifier | Agency | Aircraft | Product(s) | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun. 5th | Buoydep Miss. #01 |
|
AF304 |
High Density, Dropsonde, Recco |
|
March
| Date | Mission Identifier | Agency | Aircraft | Product(s) | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar. 20th | Track66 Miss. #08 |
|
AF309 |
High Density, Dropsonde, Recco |
|
| Mar. 20th | Track66 Miss. #07 |
|
AF301 |
High Density, Dropsonde, Recco |
|
February
| Date | Mission Identifier | Agency | Aircraft | Product(s) | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 21st | Site03 | |
N42RF |
High Density |
|
| Feb. 20th | Site02 | |
N42RF |
High Density, Recco |
|
| Feb. 19th | Track66 Miss. #06 |
|
AF300 |
High Density, Dropsonde, Recco |
|
| Feb. 18th | Site01 | |
N42RF |
High Density |
|
| Feb. 16th | Track66 Miss. #05 |
|
AF302 |
High Density, Dropsonde, Recco |
|
| Feb. 15th | Track66 Miss. #04 |
|
AF300 |
High Density, Dropsonde, Recco |
|
| Feb. 12th | Track66 Miss. #03 |
|
AF302 |
High Density, Dropsonde, Recco |
|
January
| Date | Mission Identifier | Agency | Aircraft | Product(s) | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 27th | Oceanwinds02 | |
N42RF |
High Density, Dropsonde |
|
| Jan. 26th | Oceanwinds01 | |
N42RF |
High Density |
|
| Jan. 21st | Track66 Miss. #02 |
|
AF309 |
High Density, Dropsonde, Recco |
|
| Jan. 10th | Track66 Miss. #01 |
|
AF309 |
High Density, Dropsonde, Recco |
|
All times and dates on this page are in Zulu time.
Non-tasked Air Force missions, other than winter storm tracks, usually have a 15 digit number for an identifier. (and sometimes 11 digits) Sometimes they might drop a single sonde or two and have a few non-tropical RECCO messages. Training missions, with the identifier "Train", are often conducted by NOAA for training purposes. Long term, this data is likely less important than other data. Missions with an 11 or 15 digit identifier are automatically deleted after 14 days. Training missions are automatically deleted after 14 days.
Non-tasked Air Force missions, other than winter storm tracks, usually have a 15 digit number for an identifier. (and sometimes 11 digits) Sometimes they might drop a single sonde or two and have a few non-tropical RECCO messages. Training missions, with the identifier "Train", are often conducted by NOAA for training purposes. Long term, this data is likely less important than other data. Missions with an 11 or 15 digit identifier are automatically deleted after 14 days. Training missions are automatically deleted after 14 days.