When
hurricane hunter aircraft measured its central pressure at 940 millibars — 27.76 inches — Monday afternoon, it was the lowest barometric reading ever recorded for an Atlantic storm to make landfall north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
While NOAA relies on the Air Force Reserve's «
Hurricane Hunters» unit for the vast majority of hurricane reconnaissance work, NOAA's own aging fleet of hurricane research aircraft also fly into and around the fierce storms with specialized instruments, such as airborne Doppl
Hurricane Hunters» unit for the vast majority of
hurricane reconnaissance work, NOAA's own aging fleet of hurricane research aircraft also fly into and around the fierce storms with specialized instruments, such as airborne Doppl
hurricane reconnaissance work, NOAA's own aging fleet of
hurricane research aircraft also fly into and around the fierce storms with specialized instruments, such as airborne Doppl
hurricane research
aircraft also fly into and around the fierce storms with specialized instruments, such as airborne Doppler radar.
He has taught weather forecasting at the State University of New York at Brockport and served for four years with the
Hurricane Hunters as a flight meteorologist for NOAA's
Aircraft Operations Center in Miami, Florida.