Lead pilot of the NOAA Hurricane Hunters Josh Rannenberg diligently monitors Milton’s trajectory, anticipating its historic and potentially life-threatening impact.
Lt. Cmdr. Josh Rannenberg, lead pilot of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hurricane Hunters, has been diligently monitoring Hurricane Milton’s trajectory, anticipating its historic and potentially life-threatening impact when it reaches the Florida shoreline.
Rannenberg flew into the hurricane at 3 a.m. Wednesday, making at least four passes through the storm to sample each quadrant on a nine-hour mission. The information he and his team gathered goes directly to the National Hurricane Center during the flight so they can update the forecast and advisories before landfall, expected Wednesday night.
“When we got to the eye of the storm, it was still a Category 5 hurricane, and I watched it grow from tropical storm to a Cat-5 monster within two missions, which is the fastest I’ve ever seen anything rapidly intensify”, Rannenberg ‘ David Muir on Wednesday.
