![]() ![]() Nardi said.įor the most up-to-date information on Hurricane Florence visit our weather center by clicking here.Integrated enstrophy (IE) is the square of vorticity integrated over an entire hemisphere at a particular level in the atmosphere. Local first responders can deploy to the areas that are most impacted by the storm.” Lt. “Immediately after the storm goes by those people can get payouts, they can get resources. This way emergency management can see where the most damage is, and evacuees can see if their homes are still standing. NOAA offers real-time data and photos of impacted areas straight to their public website. Commander Matthew Nardi with NOAA says these pictures are extremely important. “These are real high-resolution maps down to sub-meter accuracy as we are flying,” Lt. While Hurricane Hunters are up in the air tracking the storm, this plane is also in the air getting ready for post-hurricane damage. Once the storm makes landfall, weather stations on the ground are able to do the same work to follow the storm.ĪBC Action News was able to get an exclusive look at the King Air Extended Range 350, what NOAA calls their unsung hero of all of their missions. ![]() “Basically we are trying to sample some of the weather out ahead of the storm and around the storm,” Morgan said. Just like in the famous movie, Twister, meteorologists drop sensors into the storm that radio back data and information that can help determine the storm’s path. There, experts shared how they track the storm. This past summer ABC Action News was invited to the National Hurricane Conference. This helps local emergency management decide who to evacuate and prepares them to deploy response efforts after the storm has made landfall. NOAA tracks the path down to the very mile of where the storm will impact. “Narrow down their track and the intensity,” he said. Their main goal is to accurately track Florence’s strength, and any turns she may be taking. “We try to get as high as possible,” Morgan tells ABC Action News he’s been up into Florence four times now.Īmazingly, as we’ve talked to many Hurricane Hunters over the past year, Morgan also says flying into a Hurricane, or above and around in this case, is not too much different than riding in a commercial flight.Īdmittedly, he says they cannot avoid some rough patches as they do fly into many violent storms, but says Florence, while large isn’t too different from other hurricanes he’s flown into. ![]() Nick Morgan is dressed in a bright blue pilot’s jumper, something you’d expect to see out of a movie. We only have five minutes before Morgan and a crew of seven other experts board the Gulfstream-Four or ‘Gonzo’ as they’ve named the plane. Hall has set up a pilot for us to talk to, named Nick Morgan. Hall says he’s had media requests all week, at all hours of the day.įrankly, we were lucky to get any time with NOAA Hurricane Hunters at all, as this is a very demanding time. When you walk inside the hanger, it’s stark white and even quieter on the inside.Īs a guest, you have to sign in for safety measures.īut quickly, we were greeted by a communication coordinator who led us to another communication specialist, David Hall. Much more quiet than you’d expect for an operation handling such a large crew and facing danger as Hurricane Florence barrels closer to the coast. While Hurricane Florence is headed straight for the East Coast, NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters are flying out of the Bay Area to track every turn.ĪBC Action News checked in on their operation and preparations before the storm.Īs you walk towards the new and modern NOAA Hanger based at the Lakeland Linder International Airport, it almost looks like a museum. ![]()
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