Hurricane Kate, Atlantic Ocean

The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this bird's-eye view of Hurricane Kate on October 3, 2003 at 13:35 UTC. At the time this image was taken Kate had sustained winds of 110 mph with higher gusts. Kate has taken the shape of a classic hurricane with a well-defined eye that is approximately 25 miles in diameter. The National Hurricane Center is predicting that Kate will strengthen over the next 24 hours.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published October 3, 2003
Data acquired October 3 - 3, 2003

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topic:

Atmosphere > Atmospheric Phenomena > Hurricanes