NOAA & USAF Reserve hurricane team to embark on East Coast Awareness Tour

Public and media invited to tour hurricane hunter aircraft

April 20, 2015

As part of its efforts to build a Weather-Ready Nation, NOAA’s hurricane experts will tour six Atlantic coastal cities to raise awareness about the importance for preparing for the upcoming hurricane season. Experts will visit cities in the United States and Canada aboard a U.S. Air Force Reserve WC-130J hurricane hunter aircraft and the NOAA G-IV aircraft, both of which are used in hurricane forecasting.

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Story contributed by Andy Elwell – K4AMF
The NOAA G-IV aircraft, used to sample the atmosphere surrounding a tropical cyclone. (Photo credit – NOAA)

 

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