![]() ![]() View of the eyewall of Hurricane Katrina taken on August 28, 2005, by a NOAA P-3.Īmong the types of aircraft that have been used to investigate hurricanes, are an instrumented Lockheed U-2 flown in Hurricane Ginny during the 1963 Atlantic hurricane season. ![]() Today, satellites have revolutionized weather forecasters' ability to detect signs of such cyclones before they form, yet they cannot determine the interior barometric pressure of a hurricane nor provide accurate wind speed information - data needed to accurately predict hurricane development and movement. īefore satellites were used to find storms, military aircraft flew routine weather reconnaissance tracks to detect formation of tropical cyclones. Six of the seven crew members of the Navy PB4Y-2 (BuNo 59415) were killed on Octowhen their plane went down in a Category 1 typhoon over the South China Sea. ![]() aircrew has been lost in duty since such missions began in 1943. units that fly these missions are the United States Air Force Reserve's 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Hurricane Hunters such missions have also been flown by Navy units and other Air Force and NOAA units. The Hurricane Hunters are aircrews that fly into tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Ocean and Northeastern Pacific Ocean to gather weather data. Posted 06:03 (#9009207) Subject: weather underground radar always "down for maintenance"Īnybody know why the nexrad radar on weather underground site is always down for maintenance? It is for all the stations I have checked.A NOAA WP-3D Orion weather reconnaissance aircraft Weather underground radar always "down for maintenance" ![]()
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