Kudos (again) to Hurricane Hunters

As folk in Texas and Louisiana (and elsewhere) continue to recover from Hurricane Harvey that made landfall on the Texas Coast on August 25th, Florida and adjoining states on the Southeastern United States are preparing for Irma's landfall later this weekend. My thoughts and prayers are with all those in Irma's path.



I know that NOAA's Hurricane Hunters as all as Hurricane Hunters from the US Air Force Reserve 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the 403rd Wing have been flying Irma to provide meteorological data on Hurricane Irma. Before I go any further, I want to express my deep appreciation and thanks to the crew of all of our Hurricane Hunters! What they do is risky!

NOAA Flight Directer, Richard Henning on board NOAA42 (Kermit) on September 6th gave Fox News an interview on what NOAA 42 is doing, below is the report (allow 5 minutes) from Fox News.


Direct link to video on Youtube from FoxNews

Here is a short video from Nick Underwood of NOAA42 posted on the NOAA Hurricane Hunter Facebook Page flying the eyewall of Hurricane Irma on or about September 6th, a category 5 hurricane at the time this video was posted.

I finish with another short video of NOAA42, also posted on the NOAA Hurricane Hunter Facebook Page, flying Irma on September 4th, this time from Lt. Rob Mitchell of NOAA.