Hurricane Hernan

Hurricane Hernan was moving northwest in the Pacific Ocean just off the coast of Baja California on September 3, 2002.

This true-color image of Hurricane Hernan off of Baja California was captured on September 1, 2002, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA?s Aqua spacecraft. Hernan peaked on Sunday, September 1 as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 miles (260 kilometers). Hernan is the only hurricane to reach Category 5 status out of a total of six hurricanes to occur so far this season in the eastern Pacific.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/MODIS

  • Start Date

    2002-09-01

  • Event Start Date

    2002-09-03

  • NH Image ID

    4737

  • NH Event ID

    4639

  • NH Posting Date

    2002-09-02