Hurricane Hunters in Hawaii for Felicia

The Hurricane Hunters will operate on a 48- hour rotation with a new plane taking off every 12 hours. In all there will be 5 planes, with 4 in service. A smaller plane owned by the National Weather Service (NWS) will begin probing the hurricane tonight.

Hurricane Felicia hit it's peak strength as a dangerous category 4 hurricane, but has since weakened to a category 2. The NHC predicts Felicia will likely only be a tropical storm, or tropical depression by the time it impacts Hawaii. No matter what the strength, people with interests in Hawaii should monitor the storm very closely.