CaneTalk: Air Force hurricane hunters tweet about the lightning strike

Air Force hurricane hunters tweet about the lightning strike

Posted by Chris in Tampa on 9/18/2020, 1:41 pm

https://twitter.com/53rdWRS/status/1306934300986822659

Also on their feed, they threw some things out the back. They said it was for training, but I am not sure those were dropsondes. Another tweet says they released some buoys, which I assume are AXBTs (Airborne EXpendable BathyThermograph). Info from NOAA on those:
https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/HRD-P3_exp.html

Those are larger than dropsondes that measure wind, temp and dewpoint on the way down.

Really cool to see them doing it out the cargo door.

https://twitter.com/53rdWRS/status/1306776215555133442

https://twitter.com/53rdWRS/status/1306784038011768835

https://twitter.com/GBlack22wx/status/1306771465820405761

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10am CDT Friday on T.D. Twenty-Two: Slow-moving depression close to tropical storm strength - Chris in Tampa, 9/18/2020, 1:31 pm

Likely to be named Beta at 5pm EDT Friday - Chris in Tampa, 9/18/2020, 3:49 pm
Air Force hurricane hunters tweet about the lightning strike - Chris in Tampa, 9/18/2020, 1:41 pm
- I read somewhere they dropped buoys ahead of Teddy also - cypresstx, 9/18/2020, 3:17 pm
  - Re: I read somewhere they dropped buoys ahead of Teddy also - Chris in Tampa, 9/18/2020, 3:33 pm
    - Re: I read somewhere they dropped buoys ahead of Teddy also - cypresstx, 9/18/2020, 7:34 pm
      - Buoys - Chris in Tampa, 9/19/2020, 5:38 pm
        that is pretty damned cool Chris - cypresstx, 9/19/2020, 6:03 pm
        Re: that is pretty damned cool Chris - Chris in Tampa, 9/20/2020, 10:47 am
lightning stopped the recon - par for the course - cypresstx, 9/18/2020, 1:38 pm

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