Tropical Cyclone Boura on November 17, 2002

  • Released Thursday, November 21, 2002
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Tropical Cyclone Boura approaches Madagascar on November 17, 2002. The storm has intensified over night. The rain structure is depicted with 5 different isosurfaces. The first isosurface is gray and depicts areas with 0.5 inches of rain per hour. The second is light blue and reflects 1.0 inches of rain per hour. The third is green and shows 1.7 inches of rain per hour. The forth is yellow and represents 2.0 inches of rain per hour. The last isosurface is red and shows 2.2 inches or more of rain per hour.

This animation zooms down to Cyclone Boura and peels away the cloudtop to reveal the underlying rain structure. The structure is represented by 5 isosurfaces. The first isosurface is grey and depicts areas with 0.5 inches of rain per hour. The second is light blue and reflects 1.0 inches of rain per hour. THe third is green and shows 1.7 inches of rain per hour. The forth is yellow and represents 2.0 inches of rain per hour. The last isosurface is red and shows 2.2 inches or more of rain per hour.

Peel away the clouds to reveal the storms structure.

Peel away the clouds to reveal the storms structure.

Tropical Cyclone Bouras rain structure - grey is 0.5 inches of rain per hour; light blue is 1.0 inches of rain per hour; green is 1.7 inches of rain per hour; yellow is 2.0 inches of rain per hour; red is 2.2 inches or more of rain per hour.

Tropical Cyclone Bouras rain structure - grey is 0.5 inches of rain per hour; light blue is 1.0 inches of rain per hour; green is 1.7 inches of rain per hour; yellow is 2.0 inches of rain per hour; red is 2.2 inches or more of rain per hour.

Video slate image reads "Tropical Cyclone Boura Barrels towards Madagascar on November 17, 2002".

Video slate image reads "Tropical Cyclone Boura Barrels towards Madagascar on November 17, 2002".

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This page was originally published on Thursday, November 21, 2002.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.

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