Hurricane Hunters’ fly into Hurricane Douglas’ eye to help forecasters assess risk

While Hawaii residents and commercial carriers were trying to keep their distance from Hurricane Douglas, an elite group of Air Force reservists were flying into the eye of the storm.

Douglas was on a forecast track to move dangerously close to the Hawaiian Islands on Friday when aircrews with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” ventured into the storm to gather weather data, including temperature, wind speed, wind direction, humidity and surface pressure.

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