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Joyce Hirai and Beth Mund experience turbulence in two very different ways.\xa0

Joyce is an Air Force Hurricane Hunter and Flight Meteorologist! She, along with her team of experts from the Air Force Reserves fly WC-130Js into tropical storms and hurricanes to take atmospheric measurements that are then fed into weather models.\xa0 These models then help forecasters make predictions about locations and severity of the storms that\xa0local governments can reference to implement emergency plans or issue evacuation notices. During the winter, her team will fly into atmospheric rivers to help better predict precipitation events that occur on the west coast of the U.S.\xa0 When she\u2019s not flying into storms, Joyce works at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center managing the astronaut\u2019s schedules while they\u2019re onboard the International Space Station. Joyce is also a SPACE CAMP alumni and counselor, and loves to crochet! Please welcome this week\u2019s guest (and future astronaut, IMHO) Joyce Hirai!\xa0

Learn More about the U.S. Air Force Hurricane Hunters on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook at \u201cAF Reserve Hurricane Hunters\u201d

You can follow Joyce\u2019s flights during hurricane season at : www.tropicaltidbits.com\xa0 then click on \u201caircraft recon\u201d

Check out The National Hurricane Center website at www.nhc.noaa.gov

And read more about Joyce and her team here,\xa0https://www.403wg.afrc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2980914/reservist-part-time-hurricane-hunter-full-time-mission-planner-for-internationa/