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Interviews Robert Burpee about hurricanes and his job as director of the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Coral Gables, Florida. Entry into hurricane research; Development of the first operational computer model for hurricane prediction; Progress in hurricane forecasting; Developments seen for the improvement of NHC forecasts. INSET: The latest model, by D.I. and J.R..

Focuses on work at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Coral Gables, Florida. Hurricane forecaster Miles Lawrence; Tracking hurricanes; Estimating a storm's intensity; Comments on the Dvorak technique; Other aspects.