NOAA WP-3D Orion
Hurricane Hunter
Into a Category 5 at 10,000 ft
Airspeed
0
kt
Ground spd
0
kt
Wind
0
kt
Crab
0
deg
Gust
0
m/s
Load
1.00
g
Altimeter
0
ft
Radar alt
0
ft
Sfc press
0
hPa
LF radar
100 nm
Inbound
Dropsonde
ready
Storm
1 to 5
Cat 1
Cat 2
Cat 3
Cat 4
Cat 5
View
C
Chase
Tail cam
Wide
Sonde
Time
T
Real
4x
16x
64x
Pilot
A
Autopilot, alpha pattern
Hand fly
Drop sonde
D
Tour
Vectors
V
Rainbands
Eyewall
Eye
Way out
Hand fly: arrows roll and pitch (control wheel steering), W S power
Real time
6-DOF flight model in a Holland (1980) wind field with eyewall updrafts and Dryden turbulence. Simplified, not a forecast.
The storm in a tank
Follow on
Building the storm
