Flying into the eye of Laura...

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Again all of this flying is to collect the critical data that forecasters need so that we can warn people earlier that a storm is headed their way.

Here’s more video in the eye during our fourth penny.

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Also want to say this isn't an artificial fade in, that's just the sun coming up. I put the camera in the flight station while it was still dark outside and just let it run until the battery died.

Tropical Nick Underwood

Kermit (#NOAA42) flew through Hurricane #Laura FIVE times today. Here's a time lapse of our second pass up through the beginning for our third.

A pass in and out of a hurricane is called a "penetration" or a "penny". Five pennies today takes my career total to 61.

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Here's our 4th pass into the eye of #Laura today. She was a Category 3 at the time, but has rapidly intensified into a Category 4. Please take this storm seriously.

Listen to your local officials.

Follow @NHC_Atlantic.

Stay safe.
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Props to them. They have a lot more guts than I do.