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

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

Hurricane Melissa raged as a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean last month—and now scientists have confirmed that its ...

The previous fastest wind gust recorded by a dropsonde was in 2010, when Typhoon Megi unleashed a 248 mile per hour blast ...

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

Hurricane Melissa was verified to have produced a 252 MPH wind gust, one of the strongest recordings ever on Earth. Associate ...

Hurricane hunters verified that Category 5 Hurricane Melissa produced a 252 MPH wind gust, which is one of the strongest ...

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

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

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

A record-breaking 252 mph wind reading measured by a dropsonde launched from an NOAA Hurricane Hunter airplane during a ...

Scientist confirmed the strong wind inside the hurricane after a careful review of data.