A NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft measured a 252-mile-per-hour gust at the ocean surface as the monster storm approached ...

As the powerful storm prepared to hit Jamaica in late October, a probe launched out of the belly of a Hurricane Hunters ...

ATLANTA — Hurricane Melissa shattered records as it approached Jamaica last month. A dropsonde weather instrument from a NOAA ...

Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research have verified the 252 mph gust measured in the eye of Hurricane ...

While the new measurement sets a global record for dropsondes, it does not surpass the strongest verified surface wind. That ...

The measurements were obtained when a NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft deployed a fleet of weather instruments, known as dropsondes, into the storm, ...

Hurricane Melissa caused the strongest winds ever recorded by a dropsonde in a tropical cyclone. Our expert provides details ...

The instrument recorded an astounding wind gust of 406 km/h (252 mph) a few hundred metres above the ocean’s surface. Experts ...

A U.S. Air Force Reserve crew from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the “Hurricane Hunters,” flew through Hurricane Melissa on Oct. 27, 2025 Unusually heavy turbulence forced an Air ...

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Hurricane Melissa, a monster Category 5 storm, caused significant damage in the Caribbean, particularly in Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic, resulting in nearly 100 fatalities.

A weather instrument dropped from a Hurricane Hunter plane during Hurricane Melissa measured the highest winds on record for such an instrument.