Hurricane Lili (2 Oct 2002)

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Hurricane Lili, October 2, 2002

Hurricane Lili strengthed as it passed over the Gulf of Mexico and headed towards the U.S. coast. It was reclassified as a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 135 mph. The storm is projected to make landfall tomorrow in the same part of Louisianna that Tropical Storm Isidore dumped over 20 inches of rain just one week ago. Evacuation orders have been issued to nearly a half-million people in Louisiana and Texas. A storm surge of 10-12 feet is expected along the immediate coast line.

Cut across the storms cloud to reveal the underlying rain structure. Yellow denotes areas of rain with 0.5 inches of rain per hour, Green denotes areas of 1.0 inches of rain per hour and Red shows areas with more than 2.0 inches of rain per hour.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    TRMM/TMI, TRMM/PR

  • Animation ID

    2563

  • Video ID

    SVS2002-0024

  • Start Timecode

    01:11:37:00

  • End Timecode

    01:12:51:00

  • Animator

    Lori Perkins, Tom Bridgman

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2002/10/05

  • Scientist

    Jeff Halverson (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Hurricane, GCMD--Location--Cuba, Lili

  • DLESE Subject

    Natural hazards, Atmospheric science

  • Data Date

    2002/10/05

  • Animation Type

    Regular