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Old 15th Sep 2009, 14:04
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jcjeant, the satellite image referred to in the message sent at 0031 hours to AF447 was the image from 0000 hours; it was not an image from a day earlier.

The weather-related messages between AF447 and AF dispatch
à 22 h 51 l’équipage demande et reçoit les METAR des aérodromes brésiliens de Belo Horizonte, Salvador de Bahia et Recife,

à 0 h 31 le dispatch envoie le message suivant :
« BONJOUR AF447
METEO EN ROUTE SAILOR :
PHOTO SAT DE 0000Z : CONVECTION ZCIT SALPU/TASIL
PREVI CAT : NIL
SLTS DISPATCH »,

à 0 h 33 l’équipage demande et reçoit les METAR et TAF des aérodromes de
Paris Charles de Gaulle, San Salvador et Sal, Amilcar.

à 0 h 57 l’équipage se renseigne sur l’utilisation du deuxième aérodrome
d’appui ETOPS et le dispatch répond à 1 h 02,

à 1 h 13 l’équipage demande et reçoit les METAR et TAF de Dakar,
Nouakchott et Natal,
The BEA preliminary report does not include the image from 0000 hours. The earliest image in the report is for 0037 hours, which shows the presence of a mesoscale convective system along the route of flight.

A scientist at the Jet Propulsion Lab, NASA sent the following imagery to Tim Vasquez. Note the comment that several storms at 0330Z, by this NASA lab's calculations, had penetrated the troposphere.



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