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In 24 hours. >> you and your team has been flying in and out for days now. starting when it was off the coast. and now we know it's a category 4. what about this storm has stood out to you the most? >> the biggest thing was that it was not very well organized at all when it was down by barbados. and the virgin islands. it suddenly became organized. the radar pictures look better as far as clarity. and then we just seen this dramatic increase in intensity in the last 24 hours. so like our last -- surface winds of 125 knots. it's really gathered steam in the last 24 hours. >> looking at the grap...
Servants. everybody on the airplane has a job. the focus of the crew becomes just incredible when we have to actually do the hazardous stuff, get through these eye walls, make the center hits, get the drops on to get the pressure in the center and move onto the next fix. your crews that flew with us tonight saw the way we spent most of eight hours seat belted in turbulent conditions. every moment of the time we did it safely tonight. >> how intense were the winds? >> we saw flood level winds gusting to about 115 knots. gemelli average or highest winds were about 110. the highest surface winds ...
This storm a little, it's rubbing right along the coast of cuba, that is a little bit of a disruptive factor but it's still quite the storm. >> if it wasn't rubbing on the coast, out to sea would be stronger, right? more intense? >> there's every reason it would be? it's getting a good source of warm water right now, very low sheer. beautiful ray v radar structure if you like that thing but it's not beautiful as far as what is ahead for florida. >> what type of data are you collecting right now and how is it going to be used in. >> the primary thing we've been collecting tonight other than sur...
The center woor, we want to knot the lowest pressure is, of category four standards and we have a down-ward looking instrument that maps out surface winds. you want to know how strong the winds are blowing when you're a coastal resident so we map out 105 mile radio legs all around the storm, all directions so we provide that wind field to the hurricaine center, they turn it over to the emergency managers, the local officials and if everyone will just please heed the advice of those people, and when they can get to the hurricaine center site, get to it, because it's the best information you can...