WEBVTT 00:00.690 --> 00:03.213 - [Pilot] That mark this point will release con now. 00:06.070 --> 00:07.113 - [Co-Pilot] Sound away. 00:08.370 --> 00:09.583 - [Pilot] Got a good sign. 00:11.290 --> 00:13.670 - We're out there putting ourselves in danger to collect 00:13.670 --> 00:17.220 this information to help these people along the coasts. 00:17.220 --> 00:20.190 So it's very important that they take the advice 00:20.190 --> 00:23.480 of the Emergency Managers, National Hurricane Center, 00:23.480 --> 00:25.030 the National Weather Services, 00:25.030 --> 00:27.280 and if they say evacuate to evacuate. 00:27.280 --> 00:30.510 It's very important to listen and take the message. 00:30.510 --> 00:33.260 Minimum Crew Force is five crew members. 00:33.260 --> 00:36.020 So we have two pilots, navigator, a load master, 00:36.020 --> 00:38.800 and then the weather officer on board. 00:38.800 --> 00:40.220 Our mission is to go out and find 00:40.220 --> 00:41.600 the exact center of the storm, 00:41.600 --> 00:44.460 and to find how big the wind radius is 00:44.460 --> 00:47.380 and to figure out what's going on in the storm environment. 00:47.380 --> 00:49.890 And to relay that information to the Hurricane Center 00:49.890 --> 00:52.490 to help improve the forecasts. 00:52.490 --> 00:53.840 Satellites are great these days 00:53.840 --> 00:56.230 but they're still missing a lot of information 00:56.230 --> 00:58.680 that we just can't get through satellites. 00:58.680 --> 01:00.180 So it's very important for us to be able 01:00.180 --> 01:03.540 to actually go out and sample in three dimensions 01:03.540 --> 01:06.840 what's going on in the storms by releasing our dropsondes, 01:06.840 --> 01:09.390 observing what's going on at the surface, 01:09.390 --> 01:11.580 getting all the data at flight levels 01:11.580 --> 01:13.240 to see what's going on big picture. 01:13.240 --> 01:15.470 And to find the exact center of that storm 01:15.470 --> 01:16.980 that could be adjusted in the models 01:16.980 --> 01:18.830 to help minimize a lot of that error. 01:19.900 --> 01:21.960 - The Air Force takes care of the atmosphere. 01:21.960 --> 01:24.260 And so the measurements that they take, 01:24.260 --> 01:27.600 the dropsondes, and the surface winds 01:27.600 --> 01:29.500 and flight level winds that they measure 01:29.500 --> 01:31.490 are all atmospheric in nature. 01:31.490 --> 01:32.790 And so the Navy component, 01:32.790 --> 01:35.180 we've worked with the squadron for many years now, 01:35.180 --> 01:37.740 to measure the ocean underneath the storm. 01:37.740 --> 01:41.610 So the ocean feeds energy to developing storms. 01:41.610 --> 01:44.020 And it's important for the models 01:44.020 --> 01:48.450 that are the primary tools of the forecasters, 01:48.450 --> 01:49.720 important for those to be accurate 01:49.720 --> 01:51.820 with correct initial conditions. 01:51.820 --> 01:55.190 And so that's one of the primary areas 01:55.190 --> 01:56.040 in which we contribute. 01:56.040 --> 01:57.410 So we make the measurements of the ocean 01:57.410 --> 01:58.720 and then send those off to the model 01:58.720 --> 02:01.330 so that the forecasters can get that information 02:01.330 --> 02:04.950 the next time that they are preparing to make a forecast. 02:05.830 --> 02:08.230 - What the Navy's gathering in the ocean 02:08.230 --> 02:10.690 is a big missing piece for what's going on 02:10.690 --> 02:12.810 in the development of hurricanes, potentially. 02:12.810 --> 02:16.480 And the intensity so, it's adding more information and data 02:16.480 --> 02:18.990 that could kinda help solve this very difficult puzzle 02:18.990 --> 02:21.270 that is the genesis of storms 02:21.270 --> 02:22.870 and the intensity of hurricanes. 02:24.010 --> 02:25.720 We're obviously very excited to do the missions, 02:25.720 --> 02:26.940 this is what we trained for. 02:26.940 --> 02:28.490 We enjoy doing it. 02:28.490 --> 02:30.360 That being said, there's also a humbling feeling 02:30.360 --> 02:32.790 when you see the beauty of nature 02:32.790 --> 02:36.080 but also knowing that often times, unfortunately, 02:36.080 --> 02:37.910 the impacts do effect people. 02:37.910 --> 02:40.160 And so we're just trying to do our job 02:40.160 --> 02:41.660 and help out in anyway we can.