Previous Animation Next Animation Hurricane Wilma on October 20, 2005 NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Wilma on October 20, 2005 at 1645Z. At this time the storm was classified as a dangerous category four with sustained winds of 125 knots (138 mph). The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner(VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI) and TRMM's Precitation Radar(PR) instruments. TRMM looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour.    Hurricane Wilma: October 20, 2005 at 1645Z Duration: 199.8 minutes Available formats:   720x486 (29.97 fps) Frames   320x216     PNG           108 KB   160x80       PNG           24 KB   80x40         PNG           7 KB   720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   16 MB   720x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   13 MB   320x240 (29.97 fps) MPEG-1   1 GB   320x240 (29.97 fps) X-FLV       544 KB How to play our movies Animation Number: 3288 Completed: 2005-10-20 Animator: Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC) (Lead) Scientists: Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC)   J. Marshall Shepherd (NASA/GSFC) Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: GOES   TRMM/PR   TRMM/TMI   TRMM/VIRS Data Collected: 2005/10/20 Series: Hurricanes   TRMM 3D Hurricanes   Hurricane Wilma Keywords: DLESE >> Atmospheric science DLESE >> Natural hazards     Please give credit for this item to: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Back to Top

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