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Is it maintaining or getting stronger? >> the storm has actually, sadly -- sad to say the storm is actually getting stronger. the latest aircraft in the center measured a pressure of 914 millibars which is the lowest it's been and we're continuing to see winds measured directly by the aircraft in the range of 150 to 160 knots at the surface in the eye wall which is over 180 miles per hour. so this is a legitimate category 5 hurricane. there's -- you really can't over-hype this storm. it's the strongest storm that has ever formed in this part of the atlantic. we've had cat 5s that have formed f...

The 914 millibars which is the lowest it's been and we're continuing to see winds measured directly by the aircraft in the range of 150 to 160 knots at the surface in the eye wall which is over 180 miles per hour. so this is a legitimate category 5 hurricane. there's -- you really can't overhype this storm. it's the strongest storm that has ever formed in this part of the atlantic. we've had cat 5s that have formed further to the west, closer to miami. of course, we had andrew then we have had storms like katrina and rita in the gulf of mexico back in 2005, but we really haven't seen a storm l...

Data by the aircraft, critical data, like gps wind direction wind speed. and all that data gets scattered by the aircraft and we transmit it by satellite to the national hurricane center. it goes directly into the computer models that are forecasting the track. which everybody in the entire u.s. is now focusing on the track. so we are dropping 33 of the sondes on those missions in order to find the accuracy of the track. >> and in terms of what the storm is doing right now. >> the storm is actually -- sad to say, the storm is actually getting stronger. the latest aircraft in the center measure...

>> in terms of what the storm is doing right now, can it getting weaker, maintaining, getting stronger? >> the storm is actually, sadly, sad to say, the storm is actually getting stronger. the latest aircraft in the center measured a pressure of 914 millibars, which is the lowest it's been. and we're continue sting to see winds measured directly by the aircraft in the range of 150 to 160 knots at the surface in the eyewall, which is over 180 miles per hour. so this is a legitimate category 5 hurricane. you really can't overhype this storm. it's the strongest storm that has ever formed in this ...