Master Sergeant Sonny Richardson, Satellite Operations Flight Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge, and Mr. Matt Kucas, Technical Services Department Head, explain how satellites are used in tropical cyclone reconnaissance and intensity estimation. In coordination with the Make a Wish Foundation, Mr. Woods and family were given a tour of the JTWC watchfloor and learned about the dynamics behind tropical weather and the tropical cyclone analysis and forecasting process.

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