Sailing drone video from inside cat 4 hurricane

[BWV]

https://www.saildrone.com/press-release/ocean-drone-captures-video-inside-category-4-hurricane

The Saildrone Explorer SD 1045 was directed into the midst of Hurricane Sam, which is currently on a path that fortunately will miss the US East Coast. SD 1045 is battling 50-foot waves and winds of over 120 mph to collect critical scientific data and, in the process, is giving us a completely new view of one of Earth’s most destructive forces.

 

[Andrew Mason]

Here is a bit more information about the NOAA project that uses surface drones to gather information about hurricanes.

AM

 

[gleem]

Saildrone Inc. makes three models the one used by NOAA is the Explorer the smallest model at 23 feet long. It has a special hurricane sail which is substantially shorter than the standard sail.

link to the models' spec site