Hurricane Danielle

September 6th Day four, AA6DY

/ Cary Willis, KD9ITO / Leave a comment

AA6DY woke at Grid GM58oa at 10:52 UTC, 5:52am CDT, altitude 13,850 meters. We’re still flying in a slow air mass. Hurricane Danielle is located just northeast of us. Will we stay to the south, or join up a little north, either way we’re catching a faster Jetstream.

Last report at 12:42 UTC Grid GM58qc we’re back at 13,910 meters. To track our balloon, go to Links to Locate and Track and click on APRS.fi AA6DY for AA6DY-15

From Ventusky.com Hurricane Danielle is located just northeast of Pico Balloon AA6DY

AA6DY at 30 mph, just southwest of Hurricane Danille

September 5th 2022 Day three, KD9UQB MIA, Tracking AA6DY

/ Cary Willis, KD9ITO / 1 Comment

We still haven’t heard from KD9UQB and will call it Missing in Action. AA6DY woke at 11:12 UTC, 6:12 am CDT, is in a slow moving pattern over the North Atlantic Ocean traveling around 30 mph. We expect based on the NOAA Hysplit Trajectory that we’ll be heading east for another day and then start heading northeast towards Ireland. Our altitude has been between 13,910 and 13,960 meters close to 46,000 feet, we also appear to be following near Hurricane Danielle.

AA6DY at Grid GM08SK North Atlantic Ocean 13,910 meters
Hurricane Danielle 5 day cone probable course