Up until now, hurricane hunters had only flown into storms about midway across the Atlantic to investigate. But last month, the NOAA hurricane hunters “hunted” a potential storm all the way across the Atlantic
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NOAA's hurricane hunters, famous for flying into the world's most ferocious weather, have a job which is not for the faint of heart, often being tossed in severe turbulence while flying at a mere 10,000 feet. Now, the hurricane hunters have raised the bar, entering new territory. Literally."We're taking the aircraft to a place we've never done before," noted Dr. Jason Dunion, a meteorologist for NOAA's research division and lead scientist for the new mission."I look at the flight we just had as trailblazing," he emphasized."We've never taken the NOAA hurricane hunters out that far east.
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