They do exactly what normal pilots try to avoid: ‘Hurricane Hunters’ of the US Air Force flew a special aircraft straight into the eye of the monster storm ‘Lee’, which threatens several Caribbean islands – and captured spectacular images (see video above). ) made.
The video was shot by the US Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron based at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi, known as the Hurricane Hunters. The footage published by the US Department of Defense shows lightning flashing relentlessly through the dark eye of the powerful hurricane.
The squadron flies specially equipped WC-130J Super Hercules four-engine turboprop aircraft equipped with special meteorological sensors. These include so-called drop probes, instruments that are dropped directly into the eye of hurricanes to examine data such as wind speed, air pressure conditions and temperature. The special planes can stay in the air for almost 18 hours, allowing their crews to collect weather data for longer periods.
Hurricane threatens several Caribbean islands
Hurricane ‘Lee’, which was still spinning at a speed of 250 kilometers per hour on Friday, weakened from level five to level four over the Atlantic Ocean this weekend. However, it continues to threaten several Caribbean islands, says the National Hurricane Center (NHC), based in Miami, Florida. Dangerous currents and heavy surf are expected in the coming days in the Lesser Antilles archipelago, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas and along the US east coast, it said.
Hurricane season begins on May 15 in the Pacific Ocean and June 1 in the Atlantic Ocean and ends on November 30 in both regions. Tropical cyclones form over warm ocean waters. Increasing global warming increases the risk of severe storms.
Source: Krone
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