As a hurricane intensifies, hurricane hunters are in the sky doing something almost unimaginable: flying through the center of the storm. With each pass, the scientists aboard these planes take ...

Hurricane hunters will typically fly through the eyewall of the hurricane multiple times, dropping weather instruments called dropsondes to measure temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction ...

The monster storm was packing 185 mph winds and gusts nearing 200 mph as the Hurricane Hunters penetrated the eyewall. The WP-3 Orion was hit with intense downdrafts that pushed it into a dive.

Calling this a “bumpy ride” was an understatement as new video shows an NOAA Hurricane Hunters plane crew dealing with extreme turbulence as the data-collecting flight flew through Category 5 ...

Today, we are pushing the limits of safe hurricane flying by going into the eyewall at 1,500 feet, the altitude where the hurricane's winds and turbulence are at their worst.

The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters are staged for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane hunters provide crucial real-time data used by forecasters to predict a ...

A hurricane hunter’s final, fitting resting place: Milton’s eye. On Tuesday, a team of hurricane hunters released the ashes of Peter Dodge, a longtime meteorologist who died in March 2023.

NOAA hurricane hunter planes, crucial for gathering storm data, have been grounded during recent hurricanes due to maintenance and staffing issues. A government audit reveals a concerning increase ...

The monster storm was packing 185 mph winds and gusts nearing 200 mph as the Hurricane Hunters penetrated the eyewall. The WP-3 Orion was hit with intense downdrafts that pushed it into a dive.

Calling this a “bumpy ride” was an understatement as new video shows an NOAA Hurricane Hunters plane crew dealing with extreme turbulence as the data-collecting flight flew through Category 5 ...