pl23_wea00455.jpg

Digitized Charleston WSR-57 radar image of Hugo with superimposed windsReal-time winds measured onboard NOAA research aircraft flying into HugoWind velocity transmitted to NHC through a satellite link as eyewall hit coastSustained winds of 155 mph at 10,000 feet and 135 mph at surfaceHigher gusts were estimated in area of landfall

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Digitized Charleston WSR-57 radar image of Hugo with superimposed windsReal-time winds measured onboard NOAA research aircraft flying into HugoWind velocity transmitted to NHC through a satellite link as eyewall hit coastSustained winds of 155 mph at 10,000 feet and 135 mph at surfaceHigher gusts were estimated in area of landfall

Photographer

Dr. Frank Marks

Collection

Weather Service
Meteorological Monsters
Hurricane Hugo

NOAA Affiliation

AOML Hurricane Research Division

Keywords

Monsters
Hurricanes
Radar