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Yesterday. what is it like to fly into this storm system? >> this storm, i actually didn't fly that mission. i'm the mission commander on the ground. talking to the crew, it was a fairly standard hurricane mission. the ride wasn't too bad. it was a fairly smooth ride for hurricanes. >> what kind of information was gathered? >> the aircraft collects temperature data, wind speed, relative humidity that gets sent back to the hurricane center. we also have an instrument on the wing that's measuring surface winds and rain rate over the storm. all that's being sent back to the hurricane center, then...

Residents of Japan's southwestern islands were warned of high winds and rain Friday through the weekend as Typhoon Khanun made a U-turn and is now moving back east. The Meteorological Agency said that Khanun is heading to Okinawa and nearby islands that were already lashed by its winds and rain earlier this week. Khanun had sustained surface winds of 126 kph (78 mph) with higher gusts Friday afternoon, the JMA said.

Winds and we believe this will be a category 3 when it moves into western cuba. these are the winds, surface winds, at 2:00 in the morning on tuesday. high surge. maybe 12, 14 foot. if you look at the model differences, and i've been talking about the adjustments. yesterday's models wanted to bring this in and the worst case scenario, tampa, st. pete and areas southward. today's models shift up to the panhandle. what the national hurricane center is doing is compromise and we're going to look at the split a little bit. i'll show you in florida. here it is cat 3, blows up again because it's rea...

The rocket itself, and then the cumulus clouds billowing up and creating the potential for thunderstorms. so we're watching your future forecast rolling in with the chance for thunderstorms later on into the afternoon with the heat of the day. your sea breeze will set up. that strong easterly wind is going to push a lot of that further inland. the problem is these cumulo nimbus clouds build up. we get the anvil tops and lightning can strike up to ten miles from some of the east wind is expected to push the storm inland. but not just the winds at the surface. while they're starting to pick up, ...

"No significant heat wave conditions are very likely over the country during next five days," IMD said.