1999 Hurricane Awareness Tour - Cuba

Representatives of the National Hurricane Center are currently touring destinations in Central America and the Caribbean. They are scheduled to be in Cuba March 16 - 17.

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Jose Marti International Airport, Havana Cuba, 17 March: NOAA WP-3 "Miss Piggy" takes up position to receive government officials and private citizens to tour the aircraft.

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Jose Marti International Airport, Havana Cuba, 17 March: Dr. Jim McFadden, program manager with NOAA's Aircraft Operations Center briefs senior officials from the Cuban Instituto de Meteorologia.

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Jose Marti International Airport, Havana Cuba, 17 March: Major Steve Kovak (left) briefs Vice Minister of Environmental Sciences, Fabio Fajardo Moros (center) and National Hurricane Center Director Jerry Jarrell (right).

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Jose Marti International Airport, Havana Cuba, 17 March: Elementary school children are briefed prior to their tour of NOAA's WP-3 aircraft.

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Jose Marti International Airport, Havana Cuba, 17 March: From left to right: Cuban Vice Minister of Environmental Sciences Fabio Fajardo Moros, NOAA's Aircraft Operations Center Program Manager Jim McFadden, National Hurricane Center Director Jerry Jarrell, and Deputy Director of the Cuban Instituto de Meteorologia Mario Carnesoltas.

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