Thursday, August 23, 2018

Hurricane Hunters Inform Forecasts as Storm Approaches Hawaii

Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron based at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., have flown into Hurricane Lane to keep tabs on the Category 4 storm as it approaches Hawaii and are providing reports on the storm's strength and path.
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Zachary Ziemann, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster, checks the data from a dropsonde after it was released near the eye wall of Hurricane Lane in the Pacific Ocean, Aug 20, 2018. The 53rd WRS provides data vital to the National Hurricane Center to assist the forecasters in providing an updated model of the storm̢۪s projected path. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek
https://ift.tt/2P1a35J Air Force Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek August 23, 2018 at 03:45PM

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