NASA Sees Powerful Storms and Heavy Rain in Hurricane Ophelia

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Published on Oct 16, 2017

This 3-D animation of data from the GPM core satellite on Oct. 15 showed storm tops in the northeastern side of Ophelia's eye wall (bright yellow) were shown by GPM's radar reaching heights of above 7.6 miles (12.4 km). The structure of hurricane Ophelia's eye wall is clearly shown with this close-up virtual flyby above the center of the tropical cyclone. Credit: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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