I’ve been seeing articles and videos about the NOAA “hurricane hunters” who flew into Ian to study it. How is it possible to fly in those conditions?
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Almost all weather exists in the lowest layer of the atmosphere called the troposphere. Above that is the stratosphere. Storms, even huge violent storms don’t really extend into the stratosphere, (thunder storms anvil shape comes from them spreading out along the stratosphere border) so while the air above the hurricane can be pretty turbulent, it’s not like the storm. Jets cruise through the stratosphere so they can fly over the hurricane to study them.
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