NASA 3-D Image of Major Hurricane Adrian (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA 3-D Image of Major Hurricane Adrian

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This 3-D image of Major Hurricane Adrian was created from data on June 9 and show thunderstorms dropping rain at a rate of over 50 mm/hr (~2 inches) in a nearly circular eye wall. The PR also indicated that some thunderstorms in the eye wall were shooting up to heights above 15 km (~9.3 miles).

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Credit: NASA/SSAI: Hal Pierce

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