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Eye of the storm. what were doing, were dropping drop sons. instruments that fall by parachute. theyre the opposite of a weather balloon. they go down and record pressure, temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction. all of that data gets fed into the models that help forecast the track of the storm. were not only going to fly above the storm and through the top of the storm, were also going to fly a pattern northwest of the storm through the bahamas and east of florida in order to sample ...

>> shepard: hurricane hunters flying into the eye of irma and thats how they get a lot of information about help with predictions and the rest. i mentioned earlier, we may have a chance to go live to one of the hurricane hunters. sure enough, joining us now, richard henning. hes in one of the specialized planes and with us by phone. hes the hurricane hunters flight director for noaa. right now i understand youre above the storm. is that right? >> yes, sir, shepard. we are flying in an altitude o...