![]() ![]() ![]() The SD 1045 is one of five total Saildrones that NOAA has deployed this hurricane season to gather in-situ data that has not been available before from other platforms, unless the agency got lucky, and a storm passed directly over a buoy. The National Hurricane Center is monitoring four systems in the Atlantic, including Hurricane Sam, which weakened slightly into a Category 3 storm.According to NOAA, the Saildrone Explorer SD1045 is coping with 50-foot waves and winds of over 120 mph from its location within the storm.Forecasters need to know more about the exchange of heat between the sea and atmosphere to better predict hurricane intensity changes, as well as the transport of water vapor, among other questions.The new drone program, a partnership with the private company, Saildrone, helps fill a key data gap that can't be addressed by the intrepid hurricane hunters that fly through such storms. ![]() The air and sea agency is responsible for both making hurricane forecasts and researching such storms to improve those forecasts.Why it matters: The unprecedented footage from the uncrewed vessel inside a major Atlantic hurricane, as well as the data from the drone are helping forecasters hone their understanding of these fearsome storms.ĭriving the news: Hurricane Sam is what meteorologists refer to as a "fish" storm, unlikely to directly hit land and affecting mainly the open ocean. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sailed a robotic surfboard with a sturdy, vertical "hurricane wing" into the heart of Hurricane Sam, currently the strongest storm on Earth with sustained winds of 145 mph. ![]()
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