NEXT WEEK. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. HURRICANE AARON WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE LARGEST HURRICANES TO PASS THROUGH THE ATLANTIC BASIN. AT ONE POINT IT STRETCHED MORE THAN 500 MILES WIDE. FIRST WARNING ...

The brave men and woman onboard NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter airplanes need to remain cool, calm and collected during extreme conditions while flying into some of the most intense storms on Earth. And ...

The devastation of Hurricane Katrina sparked sweeping changes in hurricane forecasting and emergency preparedness. Forecast models, satellite imagery, and real-time data from Hurricane Hunter aircraft ...

The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron had a rough ride this week in Hurricane Melissa, having to turn back early twice due to unusually strong turbulence. The early return ...

The Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, not NOAA, flew into the December 2025 atmospheric river that caused historic flooding in Western Washington. Earlier this week, we ...

Meteorologist Matthew Cappucci has flown through Hurricane Melissa in recent days on a hurricane hunter aircraft. Some of those data-gathering flights have been forced to turn around due to the ...

Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a catastrophic Category 5 storm, threatening Jamaica, Cuba, and other Caribbean islands. A Hurricane Hunter reconnaissance flight was cut short after ...

As Californians break out umbrellas for a rainy holiday, specialized crews are gearing up to fly their planes directly into the winter's incoming atmospheric rivers.

Tossed and battered by violent wind and severe turbulence, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunters have spent the past week diving into the eye of Melissa — a storm of ...

Forecasters for days recognized the devastation Hurricane Melissa would bring to Jamaica, Cuba, and other Caribbean islands. Some of the research that helps inform forecasters is generated out of the ...