deal of NHRP’s research during the early years of STORMFURY were in areas critical to weather and modification, such as cloud physics, storm structure, and dynamics.
             Ironically, studies into natural hurricane variability would eventually lead to questions of effectivness of STORMFURY. Satellites had a dramatic impact on hurricane investigation and research during the early 1960’s. It was no longer necessary to send aircraft on ‘long fishing expeditions’, just looking for signs of tropical disturbances. Using the satellites forecasters could pinpoint where the Hurricane Hunters needed to fly. And researchers for the first time could watch the formation of a hurricane from the very start. However the cirrus clouds (Central Dense Overcast) of hurricanes still made it necessary to fly planes into these storms to collect information.
             In 1964 NHRP was redesignated the National Hurricane Research Laboratory (NHRL) to signify a more permanent status. The “project” was initially suppose to run for only a f
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