Hurricane Hunter plane lands in Galveston

The Gulf Coast Hurricane Awareness Tour will make a stop in southeast Texas on Tuesday, April 15. Bill Read, the new Director of the National Hurricane Center and formerly of the Houston-Galveston National Weather Service office, will welcome students and the public at Scholes Field in Galveston.

More than 500 local fifth grade students will have a chance to tour the WP-3 Orion turboprop Hurricane Hunter plane and learn about tropical cyclones from meteorologists from NHC and the National Weather Service.

The public is invited to tour the plane from 3 to 5 PM.

I'll be at Scholes Field most of the day. Watch for video on 13 Eyewitness News and during our annual hurricane special airing later in May.