JEANNE MESERVE, CNN ANCHOR: We want to get an update on a tropical storm that could strengthen to a hurricane status off the Atlantic coast. Joining us by phone from a storm-hunting airplane flying through Tropical Storm Florence is Lt. Col. Gale Carter. Can you tell us first, have you been into the storm yet?</s>LT. COL. GALE CARTER, HURRICANE HUNTER: Yes, we have been through the storm three times this morning. The third trip we made was about 20 minutes ago. We're on the east side about 60 miles out at the current time -- over.</s>MESERVE: And what can you tell us about the storm? Does it appear to be strengthening?</s>CARTER: It seems to be maintaining strength. It was borderline hurricane when we got here and that seems to be how it stayed. We've seen winds up as high as 60 knots, some gusting to 70 knots. But they -- the storm seems to be staying about the same right now -- over.</s>MESERVE: Tell us a little bit about this experience, if you would, of flying through a storm of this size. What's it like?</s>CARTER: Well, they're all different. You never know what to expect. There's always some kind of turbulence when you go through the eyewall. This last trip we made through the eye, it did have an eyewall and there were a few bumps then, but nothing real spectacular. It's just an average storm out here right now so there's nothing real spectacular about it from this viewpoint -- over.</s>MESERVE: Lt. Col. Gale Carter, thanks for joining us for that.
Hurricane Chaser Discusses Flight Through Tropical Storm Florence