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Hurricane Ike above Cuba

by

Nasa/GSFC/SVS/Novapix

Reference

t-nua01-00530

Date

2008-09-10

NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Ike on September 8, 2008 as slammed into Cuba . At this time the storm had weakened to a category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 85 knots (98 mph) and a pressure reading of 960 millibars. Hurricane-force winds were extending outward 60 miles from the center, while tropical storm-force winds extended up to 200 miles from the center. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner and the GOES spacecraft.