{"id":228729,"date":"2026-04-12T15:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/228729\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T15:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:16:11","slug":"noaas-2026-hurricane-awareness-tour-to-kick-off-tuesday-in-florida-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/228729\/","title":{"rendered":"NOAA\u2019s 2026 Hurricane Awareness tour to kick off Tuesday in Florida Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0April 12, 2026 at 10:57 AM<\/p>\n<p>lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/QDCQF3F4GNGQBIRXXAFZSWV4CI.jpeg\"  width=\"4032\" height=\"2268\"\/>PUBLIC TOUR: Students line up to board the U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, during the 2022 Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour. (Image credit: NOAA NHC) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/media-advisory\/hurricane-experts-to-host-preparedness-mission-in-florida-keys-and-caribbean\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/media-advisory\/hurricane-experts-to-host-preparedness-mission-in-florida-keys-and-caribbean\">Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour<\/a> kicks off on Tuesday in the Florida Keys. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The tour includes the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command <a href=\"http:\/\/www.403wg.afrc.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/192525\/wc-130j-hercules\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> WC-130J \u201cHurricane Hunter\u201d<\/a> aircraft and a chance to meet the brave men and women who fly it, and members of the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service staff. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">NHC director Michael Brennan, NHC warning coordination meteorologist Robbie Berg, NOAA Weather Prediction Center meteorologist Jose Alamo, and NHC meteorologist Sandy Delgado are expected to be in attendance. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">NOAA\u2019s Aircraft Operations Center flight director Kerri Englert, and NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations aircraft acquisition deputy director LCDR David Keith are also involved in the tour. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The public tours are from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Florida Keys Marathon International Airport at 9400 Overseas Highway in Marathon. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/T4SQSESYXFBLHHSLLJIJ2HRLAA.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"448\"\/>LOCAL 10 NEWS WEATHER AUTHORITY <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The next stops are on Wednesday at the Juan Manuel G\u00e1lvez International Airport in Roatan, Honduras; on Thursday at the Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport in Belize City, Belize; and on Friday at the Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport in Isla Grande, Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">There will be more stops on May 4 in Sarasota, Fla.; on May 5 in Mobile, Ala.; and on May 6 at Lake Charles, La. The hurricane season begins June 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Related reports<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0April 12, 2026 at 10:57 AM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpandPUBLIC TOUR: Students line up to board the U.S. Air Force Reserve&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-228729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}