Hurricane Rafael and Hurricane Paul
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Image ID | 1428 |
| Acquisition date | 16-Oct-2012 | |
| Over head time | 15:00:00 | |
| Satellite Sensor | goes-east | |
| Sensor Channel(s) | 4 |
When this image was received Hurricane Rafael was tracking north north-eastwards over the North Atlantic Ocean approximately 255 nautical miles south of Bermuda as a Category 1 storm (Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) with a 1-minute sustained average wind speed of 80 knots (92.2 mph) and gusts of 100 knots (115.2 mph). Hurricane Paul is shown tracking north north-eastwards over the eastern Pacific Ocean about 70 nautical miles south of Cabo San Lazaro, Mexico as a Category 2 storm (Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) with a 1-minute sustained average wind speed of 90 knots (103.7 mph) and gusts of 110 knots (126.7 mph).
