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News Release 05-132
Rainbands Offer Better Forecasts of Hurricane Intensity
Research project to improve forecasting
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Scientists from the RAINEX project flew into the edge of Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 27 and Aug. 28 to study its rainbands and the formation of its eyewall, taking simultaneous measurements from two aircraft as Katrina grew into Category 5 and bore down on the Gulf Coast. (Click here to track Katrina's progress.)
Credit: NOAA water vapor satellite image
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Hurricane Alex in Aug. 2004
Credit: NOAA
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Debris was deposited from the tidal surge of hurricane Ivan in Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 18, 2004.
Credit: Andrea Booher, FEMA