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Hurricane Hernan, September 1, 2002

Hurricane Hernan located 625 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. Hernan has maximum sustained winds of 130 knots with gusts to 160 knots. The overall structure of the storm is shown in this animation with rain amounts being shown through color.Yellow represents 0.5 inches of rain or more, green shows 1.0 inches of rain and red shows 2.0 inches or more.

Hurricane Hernan was classified as a Category 3 hurricane.  This movie zooms down to Hernan and reveals its underlying rain structure.  Yellow represents 0.5 inches of rain or more, green shows 1.0 inches of rain and red shows 2.0 inches or more.    Hurricane Hernan was classified as a Category 3 hurricane. This movie zooms down to Hernan and reveals its underlying rain structure. Yellow represents 0.5 inches of rain or more, green shows 1.0 inches of rain and red shows 2.0 inches or more.
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Peel away the clouds to reveal Hurricane Hernans rain structure.  Yellow represents 0.5 inches of rain per hour, green is 1.0 inches of rain per hour and red is 2.0 or higher.    Peel away the clouds to reveal Hurricane Hernans rain structure. Yellow represents 0.5 inches of rain per hour, green is 1.0 inches of rain per hour and red is 2.0 or higher.

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Hurricane Hernans rain structure on September 1, 2002.  Yellow represents 0.5 inches of rain per hour, green is 1.0 inches of rain per hour and red is 2.0 or higher    Hurricane Hernans rain structure on September 1, 2002. Yellow represents 0.5 inches of rain per hour, green is 1.0 inches of rain per hour and red is 2.0 or higher

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Animation Number:2519
Animator:Lori Perkins (Lead)
Studio:SVS
Completed:2002-09-03
Scientist:Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC)
Instruments:GOES
 TRMM/PR
 TRMM/TMI
 TRMM/VIS
Data Collected:2002/09/01
Series:TRMM 3D Hurricanes
Video:SVS2002-0024 *
Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Hurricane
DLESE >> Natural hazards
 
 
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