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NASA's DC-8 research aircraft flying through the eyewall and into the eye. Though the eye is by far the calmest and quietest part of the storm (at least on land), with no wind at the center and typically clear skies, it is possibly the most hazardous area on the ocean. In the eyewall, wind-driven waves all travel in the same direction.
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Because RAINEX was planned in advance of the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season, it did fly in to Hurricane Katrina among other storms. Hurricane Katrina followed a very similar track to a later storm in this season (Hurricane Rita); however, Katrina did not undergo eyewall replacement during its time in the Gulf of Mexico. RAINEX flights into ...
Hurricane Ian was a prolific lightning producer as it strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane on its approach to Florida. Storm chasers along the coast of Florida even witnessed cloud-to-ground ...
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“Slicing through the eyeball of a hurricane, buffeted by howling winds, blinding rain and violent updrafts and downdrafts before entering the relative calm of the storm’s eye, NOAA’s two ...
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Hurricane hunters used the plane to collect data from the storm, which quickly became a Category 5 Monday night. Miss Piggy and Kermit continue to add a light touch to the important work conducted ...