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LORENZO BECOMES A HURRICANE AND HITS MEXICO
Tropical storm LORENZO increased in strength and was upgraded to
a hurricane with wind speeds of 70 knots ( 80.5 mph) a few hours
before it came ashore about miles 40 south-southeast of Tuxpan, Mexico.
LORENZO weakened after it came ashore but is still expected to
produce torrential rainfall as it moves slowly inland. The image
above was made from TRMM satellite data captured on 28 September 2007 at 0327 UTC. It shows very heavy rainfall of over 50 mm/hr (2 inches per hour) falling in the eyewall of the hurricane as it was coming ashore in
Mexico. Rain rates in the center of the satellite swath are based on the TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR), and those in the outer swath on the TRMM Microwave Imager(TMI). The rain rates are overlaid on infrared (IR) data from the TRMM Visible Infrared Scanner (VIRS).
Images and caption by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC)
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Tropical storm LORENZO increased in strength and was upgraded to
a hurricane with wind speeds of 70 knots ( 80.5 mph) a few hours
before it came ashore about miles 40 south-southeast of Tuxpan, Mexico.
LORENZO weakened after it came ashore but is still expected to
produce torrential rainfall as it moves slowly inland. The image
above was made from TRMM satellite data captured on 28 September 2007 at 0327 UTC. It shows very heavy rainfall of over 50 mm/hr (2 inches per hour) falling in the eyewall of the hurricane as it was coming ashore in
Mexico. Rain rates in the center of the satellite swath are based on the TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR), and those in the outer swath on the TRMM Microwave Imager(TMI). The rain rates are overlaid on infrared (IR) data from the TRMM Visible Infrared Scanner (VIRS).
