Beer Belly
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Wow, no no idea where is it heading or how long it will take to get there. I imagine the models prediction of strength are also all over the board.
Welcome to TalkWeather @Beer Belly!!Wow, no no idea where is it heading or how long it will take to get there. I imagine the models prediction of strength are also all over the board.
That is N817NA flying out in the Gulf at the moment. I've been on board that DC-8 when they were running the OLYMPEX project off the coast of the pacific northwest. Here are a few pictures. Basically this aircraft has ports on the top, bottom and sides where they can load instruments that fly on weather satellites for testing of new technologies and calibration purposes. They also had access to an ER-2 aka first cousin to U-2. I'll do a write up about it sometime soon.Hurricane Hunter Asset list: https://airbornescience.nasa.gov/tracker/#!/status/list
That is N817NA flying out in the Gulf at the moment. I've been on board that DC-8 when they were running the OLYMPEX project off the coast of the pacific northwest. Here are a few pictures. Basically this aircraft has ports on the top, bottom and sides where they can load instruments that fly on weather satellites for testing of new technologies and calibration purposes. They also had access to an ER-2 aka first cousin to U-2. I'll do a write up about it sometime soon.
https://pmm.nasa.gov/olympex
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