As we face another hurricane season, NOAA hurricane hunters are preparing their fleet and testing out new technologies.

The WP-3D Orion is part of the NOAA's Hurricane Hunter program. These aircraft are essentially flying laboratories, packed with instruments designed to gather high-resolution data in places where ...

NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters primarily focus on research and ... Gonzo collects useful data that gets fed into models and plays a critical role in track forecasts, as it helps determine the ...

June 1 is the first day of hurricane season, but over at the Aircraft Operation Center in Lakeland, NOAA's Hurricane Hunters ...

Predictions for an above-average number of storms, communities that are still recovering and cuts to the National Weather ...

June 1 marks the official start of the hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean—and once again, the season looks like it will ...

When a hurricane threatens the coast, most people board up, pack up, and head inland, but for a small but mighty team based in Lakeland, evacuation isn’t part of the plan because their job is to ...

His team had bullied into Hurricane Helene’s eye when he noticed on radar that the storm looked like it was dripping ...

Hurricane season arrives amid widespread uncertainty over the role the Trump administration will play in disaster response ...

NOAA forecasters expect 13-19 named storms to develop, with 3-5 becoming major hurricanes. 2024 was one of the deadliest and most costly hurricane seasons ever seen in the Atlantic. The Atlantic Ocean ...

Experts at NOAA and the National Weather Service that it operates – including forecasters from the National Hurricane Center – are signaling another active hurricane season on the horizon, predicting ...

Hurricane hunters: Air Force Hurricane Hunters say they're ready for busy hurricane season "NOAA and the National ... which plays a major role in ocean temperatures and wind shear in the Pacific ...