This aircraft was to obtain data on the typhoon including latest position and then return to Guam. Radio contact was last made at l330Z, 15 January when they reported their position at 13-03 North ...

N​OAA's hurricane hunters took a trip far from their usual haunts in the tropics and sunny Florida. T​he group's P-3 Orion aircraft nicknamed Kermit deployed to Ireland Jan. 16 to spend some time ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration currently has two P-3 Orion planes, the big aircraft that flies ... funding for these three new hurricane hunters is a no brainer.

The Hurricane Hunters crews slice through the eyewalls of hurricanes using two Lockheed WP-3D Orion four-engine turboprop aircraft, nicknamed “Kermit” (N42RF) and “Miss Piggy” (N43RF), to ...

I climb the ladder and step into one of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) P-3 Orion "Hurricane Hunter" aircraft--NOAA 42, affectionately called "The Princess", my ...

HOUSTON — Hurricane hunters provide data on tropical systems, and lead to better forecasting. So what are they doing flying into the winter storm? Meteorologist Pat Cavlin was tracking the ...

but Florida's "hurricane hunters" are staying busy. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) runs its operation center out of Lakeland. During hurricane season, that's where ...