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Hurricane Hunters Facing Tough Choices Due to Budget Reductions

The Hurricane Hunters are tracking Tropical Storm Dorian while also keeping an eye on the bottom line. With budget reductions and furloughs, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is facing some tough choices as to which storms they fly into and …

Leader of Hurricane Hunters in Mississippi Reassigned

Col. Jay Jensen, commander of Mississippi’s 403rd Wing Hurricane Hunters at Keesler Air Force Base, is transferring to the Pentagon. Jensen has been at Keesler for two years and before that from 1999 to 2008. Jensen tells The Sun Herald …

Tiny Planes, Subs From Florida College Could Be Next Hurricane Hunters

Kamran Mohseni envisions a day when the unmanned vehicles in his laboratory at the University of Florida will swarm over, under and through hurricanes to help predict the strength and path of the storms. The tiny, autonomous craft — some …

Prediction Advances and the Role of Climate Change in Hurricane Forecasting

According to a public awareness project by the University of Illinois dubbed WW2010, in the early part of the century, coastal residents had less than a day’s notice of an impending hurricane. But satellites have helped spur advances in hurricane …