The idea of aircraft reconnaissance of hurricanes was put forth by Captain W. L. Farnsworth of the Galveston Commercial Association in the early 1930s.

They are changing to aircraft reconnaissance.

Satellite and aircraft reconnaissance indicated the presence of 20 enemy tanks and more than 1,000 dug-in Iraqi soldiers at the airfield, 80 miles east of Basra.

By 1980, the advent of reconnaissance satellites made the need for tactical aircraft reconnaissance less and less necessary.

Despite the lack of aircraft reconnaissance in the region, the intensity was determined by wind readings from a German cargo ship that passed through the storm.

Another aircraft reconnaissance flew into the hurricane and observed that the heaviest precipitation was located east of the center of circulation.

Later that day, aircraft reconnaissance revealed the system to have intensified into a tropical storm, at which time it was assigned the name Nora.

Later that afternoon, aircraft reconnaissance found no well-defined circulation and the storm's status was reduced from a depression.

The next day, the storm attained the minimum pressure, 938 mb (27.70 inHg), recorded by aircraft reconnaissance during its life span, yet continued to intensify thereafter.

Later that day, based on observations from aircraft reconnaissance, Debby was upgraded to a hurricane.