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Likewise, the nationwide weather radar system known as Next-Generation Radar (NEXRAD) was the subject of claims that it could be used to control weather patterns. [22] As a radar system it emits only a small amount of energy, which NOAA's Hurricane Research Division states is too low to influence weather. [23]
The alteration of official government weather forecasts is illegal per 18 U.S. Code 2074, [40] and applies to the National Hurricane Center under NOAA's National Weather Service. The law states: "Whoever knowingly issues or publishes any counterfeit weather forecast or warning of weather conditions falsely representing such forecast or warning ...
The claim: Video shows Hurricane Helene in Florida. A Sept. 26 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows an array of storm footage that includes tornadoes, large waves and whipping winds. ...
Hurricane Irma's path was such that its impact was both far-reaching and devastating, with landfalls in Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Martin, the Bahamas, Cuba, and the United States, all at major hurricane intensity. Furthermore, the size of the storm system meant that destruction was prevalent even in territories well removed from landfall ...
An NOAA engineer filmed his crew’s rough flight through the eye of Hurricane Ian on Wednesday, September 28, as it approached Florida.Nick Underwood filmed footage from an NOAA aircraft ...
“The P-3s can also deploy probes called bathythermographs that measure the temperature of the sea,” the NOAA said. At one point in the video, the hurricane jostles the plane so severely that ...
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Irma underwent rapid intensification after reaching hurricane status, becoming a Category 2 hurricane at 18:00 UTC and then a Category 3 hurricane, becoming a major hurricane – around 00:00 UTC on September 1. In a 48-hour period, the hurricane's intensity had increased by 65 mph (105 km/h), a feat achieved only by about 1-in-30 Atlantic ...