September 13, 2017 at 11:19 am
Mad Meteorologist Ventures Into Hurricane Irma’s Eyewall to Measure Its Wind Speed
by twistedsifter
Simon Brewer and Juston Drake are meteorologists and storm chasers currently featured on The Weather Channel’s series, Storm Riders.
The duo recently shared a viral video on Twitter of Juston venturing into Hurricane Irma to measure the wind speed in the storm’s eyewall. In a later tweet he said wind speeds were around 117 mph or 188 km/h.
@JustonStrmRider tearing it up! pic.twitter.com/VhC97GZJBa
— Simon Brewer (@SimonStormRider) September 10, 2017
@SimonStormRider getting wind measurements out in the eyewall as well. Got a 117 mph wind gust. pic.twitter.com/PVEPP8FbtB
— Juston Drake (@JustonStrmRider) September 10, 2017