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Hurricane Hunters facts for kids

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Lockheed WP-3D Orion
A Hurricane Hunter aircraft.

Hurricane Hunters are special aircraft that fly into or around a tropical cyclone to gather information (or data). Hurricane Hunters are only used to study tropical cyclones in the northern Atlantic Ocean and northeastern Pacific Ocean.

Images for kids

  • Hurricane Katrina Eye viewed from Hurricane Hunter

    View of the eyewall of Hurricane Katrina taken on August 28, 2005, by a NOAA P-3.

  • Lockheed P-3 WP-3A 150496 VW-4 JAX 06.74 edited-2

    Lockheed WP-3A Orion weather reconnaissance aircraft of VW-4 Squadron at its NAS Jacksonville Florida base in 1974

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Cazadores de huracanes para niños

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