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Kennedy's Plane Missing
Weather Records

John F. Kennedy Jr.'s plane was reported missing at 2am on July 17, 1999, after attempting a flight from Caldwell NJ (click for airport info) to Martha's Vineyard MA (click for airport info) on the evening of July 16, 1999. The known weather records, downloaded from AccuData, appear below, from 2pm 7/16 - 2am 7/17, first in Plain Language, then Decoded, then RAW Metar format. For complete coverage, see CNN.COM.

UPDATE: Closeup map of area where debris was found

UPDATE: Official NTSB Investigation


LOCATION         TIME TEMP REL   WIND    PRES  VIS.  WEATHER
*                      deg HUM  DIR/SPD inches miles
*                       F  pct      mph
CALDWELL, NJ      2pm   94  34    W/8   30.11     4 HAZE          
                  3pm   95  33    N/6   30.10     4 HAZE          
                  4pm   95  34   SW/8   30.08     4 HAZE          
                  5pm   95  34    N/7   30.08     4 HAZE          
                  6pm   94  35   SW/8   30.06     4 HAZE          
                  7pm   93  37    N/6   30.06     4 HAZE          
                  8pm   91  40   SW/5   30.07     4 HAZE          
                  9pm   88  47   SW/6   30.08     5 HAZE          
                 10pm   86  52   SW/7   30.10     5 HAZE          
                 11pm   84  58    N/7   30.11     5 HAZE          
                 12am   83  60    N/7   30.12     6 MOSTLY CLEAR  
                  1am   81  62   SW/5   30.12     6 MOSTLY CLEAR  
                  2am   79  66   SW/5   30.12     6 MOSTLY CLEAR  
CDW   13 temps: high=  95 at  3pm low=  79 at  2am mean=  89.0   precip=  0.00

LOCATION         TIME TEMP REL   WIND    PRES  VIS.  WEATHER
*                      deg HUM  DIR/SPD inches miles
*                       F  pct      mph
MARTHA'S VIN, MA  2pm   86  50    W/12  30.09     9 MOSTLY SUNNY  
                  3pm   83  62  SSW/13  30.09    10 MOSTLY SUNNY  
                  4pm   80  66   SW/10  30.09     9 MOSTLY SUNNY  
                  5pm   82  64   SW/8   30.09     7 MOSTLY SUNNY  
                  6pm   76  76  SSW/13  30.08     6 MOSTLY CLEAR  
                  7pm   75  78  SSW/9   30.09     6 MOSTLY CLEAR  
                  8pm   74  81  WSW/8   30.09     6 CLOUDY        
                  9pm   73  78  WSW/8   30.09     8 CLOUDY        
                 10pm   75  68  WSW/12  30.10    10 PARTLY CLOUDY 
                 11pm   74  70  WSW/12  30.10     9 CLOUDY        
                 12am   73  73  WSW/9   30.11     9 CLOUDY        
                  1am   73  73  WSW/13  30.10     9 PARTLY CLOUDY 
                  2am   73  68  WSW/10  30.11    10 CLOUDY        




CALDWELL/ESSEX CO ARPT, NJ ( 174')                     LAT=40.9N LON= 74.3W   
STA     TMP DP RH  WD WS  G PRS  ALT PCPN     CLOUD LEVELS HGT TYP   VIS  WX
CDW  2pm 94 62 34 260  7    199 3011                        80 SCT     4 H
     3pm 95 62 33 000  5    195 3010                           CLR     4 H
     4pm 95 63 34 220  7    189 3008                       180eBKN     4 H
     5pm 95 63 34 000  6    188 3008                       240eOVC     4 H
     6pm 94 63 35 230  7    184 3006                       150eSCT     4 H
     7pm 93 64 37 000  5    184 3006                       150eBKN     4 H
     8pm 91 64 40 230  4    186 3007                       300eOVC     4 H
     9pm 88 66 47 220  5    189 3008                       150eSCT     5 H
    10pm 86 67 52 220  6    195 3010                       180eSCT     5 H
    11pm 84 68 58 000  6    200 3011                       180eSCT     5 H
    12am 83 68 60 000  6    201 3012                       180eSCT     6 H
     1am 81 67 62 220  4    202 3012                       270eSCT     6 H
     2am 79 67 66 230  4    203 3012                       240eSCT     6 H

MARTHA'S VINEYARD ARPT, MA (  69')                     LAT=41.4N LON= 70.6W   
STA     TMP DP RH  WD WS  G PRS  ALT PCPN     CLOUD LEVELS HGT TYP   VIS  WX
MVY  2pm 86 66 50 270 10    190 3009                       300eSCT     9
     3pm 83 69 62 200 11    187 3009                       300eSCT    10
     4pm 80 68 66 230  9    188 3009                       150eSCT     9
     5pm 82 69 64 230  7    188 3009                       300eSCT     7
     6pm 76 68 76 210 11    186 3008               150eSCT 450eSCT     6 H
     7pm 75 68 78 210  8    187 3009                       340eSCT     6 H
     8pm 74 68 81 240  7    187 3009                       340eOVC     6 H
     9pm 73 66 78 250  7    189 3009                       340eOVC     8
    10pm 75 64 68 240 10 15 192 3010                       150eBKN    10
    11pm 74 64 70 250 10    193 3010                       300eOVC     9
    12am 73 64 73 250  8    193 3011                       270eOVC     9
     1am 73 64 73 240 11 17 192 3010                       150eBKN     9
     2am 73 62 68 240  9    194 3011                       220eOVC    10




KCDW 161753Z 26007KT 210V300 4SM HZ SCT080 34/17 A3011 RMK AO2
     SLP199 T03440167 10344 20228 58010=
KCDW 161853Z VRB05KT 4SM HZ CLR 35/17 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP195
     T03500167=
KCDW 161953Z 22007KT 4SM HZ CLR 35/17 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP189
     T03500172=
KCDW 162053Z VRB06KT 4SM HZ CLR 35/17 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP188
     T03500172 56011=
KCDW 162153Z 23007KT 190V260 4SM HZ CLR 34/17 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP184
     T03440172=
KCDW 162253Z VRB05KT 4SM HZ CLR 34/18 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP184
     T03390178=
KCDW 162353Z 23004KT 4SM HZ CLR 33/18 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP186
     T03280178 10361 20328 55003=
KCDW 170053Z 22005KT 5SM HZ CLR 31/19 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP189
     T03110189=
KCDW 170153Z 22006KT 5SM HZ CLR 30/19 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP195
     T03000194=
KCDW 170253Z AUTO VRB06KT 5SM HZ CLR 29/20 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP200
     T02890200 53014 TSNO=
KCDW 170353Z AUTO VRB06KT 6SM HZ CLR 28/20 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP201
     T02830200 TSNO=
KCDW 170453Z AUTO 22004KT 6SM HZ CLR 27/19 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP202
     T02720194 403610211 TSNO=
KCDW 170553Z AUTO 23004KT 6SM HZ CLR 26/19 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP203
     T02610194 10328 20261 51002 TSNO=

KMVY 161753Z 27010KT 9SM CLR 30/19 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP190 T03000189
     10300 20228 58004=
KMVY 161853Z AUTO 20011KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP187
     T02830206 TSNO=
KMVY 161953Z 23009KT 9SM CLR 27/20 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP188
     T02670200=
KMVY 162053Z 23007KT 7SM CLR 28/21 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP188 T02780206
     55002=
KMVY 162153Z 21011KT 6SM HZ CLR 24/20 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP186
     T02440200=
KMVY 162253Z 21008KT 6SM HZ CLR 24/20 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP187
     T02390200=
KMVY 162353Z 24007KT 6SM HZ CLR 23/20 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP187
     T02330200 10306 20233 55002=
KMVY 170053Z 25007KT 8SM CLR 23/19 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP189
     T02280189=
KMVY 170153Z 24010G15KT 10SM CLR 24/18 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP192
     T02390178=
KMVY 170253Z AUTO 25010KT 9SM CLR 23/18 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP193
     T02330178 53008 TSNO=
KMVY 170353Z AUTO 25008KT 9SM CLR 23/18 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP193
     T02280178 TSNO=
KMVY 170453Z AUTO 24011G17KT 9SM CLR 23/18 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP192
     T02280178 403060189 TSNO=
KMVY 170553Z AUTO 24009KT 10SM CLR 23/17 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP194
     T02280167 10239 20222 55002 TSNO=


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