Hurricane Isabel
September 14-22, 2003



WEMITE #1: Beaufort Municipal Airport - Beaufort, NC
WEMITE #2: USMC Auxilary Airfield - Atlantic, NC
PMT White: Craven Co. Regional Airport - New Bern, NC
PMT Black: Craven Co. Regional Airport - New Bern, NC
PMT Clear: Craven Co. Regional Airport - New Bern, NC

SMART-Radar #2: Craven Co. Regional Airport - New Bern, NC
SMART-Radar #1: Washington, NC

Tower Deployment Team

Becca Paulsen Edwards (Field Coordinator)
Ian Giammanco
Gary Skwira, PhD (currently NWSFO-Lubbock)
Kirsten Orwig
Maribel Martinez
Caleb Midgley
Russell Carter

Smart-Radar Deployment Team

John Schroder, PhD (Texas Tech)
Sylvie Lorsolo, PhD (Texas Tech)
Bruce Haynie (Texas Tech, currently NWSFO-Lubbock)
Mike Biggerstaff, PhD (Oklahoma)
Jerry Guynes(TAMU, currently TTU-WISE)
Gordon Carie (CIMMS-Oklahoma)


Hurricane Isabel Deployment Summary Comming Soon!

Deployment Notes: All towers collected complete datasets. The three PMT were deployed in support of radar operations at Craven Co. Regional Airport for a study of boundary layer coherent turbulent structures The data presented in the data plots section and the table below are not standardized to represent constant open terrain exposure. Deployment sites were not representative of true open terrain exposure. Higher wind speed values may have been found in true open or marine exposure conditions. Please see our data disclaimer .


Tower: GPS Coordinates Peak Sustained Wind Speed (1-min) Peak Gust Wind Speed (3-sec):
WEMITE #1 34.729 N
76.658 W 		64.7 mph
83.1 mph
WEMITE #2 34.889 N
76.354 W 		52.2 mph
72.3 mph
PMT White 35.069 N
77.046 W 		46.7 mph
61.5 mph
PMT Clear 35.072 N
77.044 W 		48.8 mph
62.2 mph
PMT Black 35.074 N
77.058 W 		49.7 mph
66.8 mph
*incomplete data record





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DATA PLOTS


BEAUFORT DEPLOYMENT SITE AERIAL PHOTO


ATLANTIC DEPLOYMENT SITE AERIAL PHOTO


NEW BERN DEPLOYMENT SITE AERIAL PHOTO


DEPLOYMENT MAP


RADAR IMAGE OF HURRICANE ISABEL