Hurricane Ophelia from TRMM: September 11, 2005 1648 Zulu

  • Released Monday, September 12, 2005
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NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Ophelia on September 11, 2005. At the time the data was taken, the hurricane was a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 70 KT. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure.

Hurricane Ophelia at 1648 Zulu.
Peer under the clouds to see the rain structure fueling the storm.

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This page was originally published on Monday, September 12, 2005.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.

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