One of the NOAA’s two “hurricane hunter” Lockheed WP-3D Orion aircraft flew into the eye of Hurricane Milton as it approached the Florida coast.

Crews walk to their National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration P-3 Orion Hurricane Hunter aircraft, nicknamed Kermit, ...

Crews walk to their National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration P-3 Orion Hurricane Hunter aircraft, nicknamed Kermit, ahead of their flight into Tropical Storm Debby on Saturday, Aug. 3, in ...

Cmdr. Danielle Varwig is a wife, a mother, a mechanical engineer and a military veteran. As a pilot with NOAA, she stalks hurricanes from the sky.

Space.com got an up-close look at one of NOAA's Hurricane Hunter aircraft to more about how data from weather satellites help them on missions.

Flying into Hurricane Harvey aboard a a P-3 Hurricane Hunter nicknamed Kermit in 2018. (NOAA photo by Lt. Kevin Doreumus) ... NOAA’s P-3 Orion nicknamed ‘Kermit’ prepares to take off.

NOAA's hurricane hunter drones used for forecasting also broke 3 world records. 3 Guinness World Records were set during a test flight into Hurricane Ian in September of last year.

As Hurricane Ian intensifies on its way toward the Florida coast, hurricane hunters are in the sky doing something almost unimaginable: flying through the center of the storm. Skip to content WDTN.com ...

NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter airplane missions significantly increase the accuracy of hurricane forecasts, but President Trump’s ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employs two primary aircraft in its hurricane hunter arsenal. Lockheed Martin’s P-3 Orion four-engine turboprop flies directly into storms ...

The other two planes in the fleet are NOAA's Lockheed WP-3D Orion (P-3) models that fly into and through a storm at an altitude of 8,000 to 10,000 feet (2,438 to 3,048 m), sending back data on its ...