Hurricane Francine shaped within the Gulf of Mexico in September 2024
NASA Earth Observatory picture by Wanmei Liang, utilizing VIIRS knowledge from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Joint Polar Satellite tv for pc System (JPSS)
On 10 September, a US Navy P-3 Orion plane chased down Hurricane Francine, then constructing power within the Gulf of Mexico. Because the aircraft flew low over the water, helmeted crewmembers generally known as “warlocks” heaved greater than a dozen scientific buoys out of an open door. This was the newest mission in a program to enhance hurricane forecasts by accumulating real-time knowledge on the tumultuous interface of…
