Hurricane Andrew Satellite Images
A reanalysis of weather.
Hurricane andrew satellite images. Wrecked boats sit on the sea wall 24 august 1992 at the docks at dinner key in the coconut grove area of the city after hurricane andrew passed through southern florida. Bwmoll3 miami fl august 24. Andrew itkoff afp getty images homestead air force base after hurricane andrew severely damaged the base on 27 august 1992. The above image of andrew was taken on august 25 1992 at 20 20 ut.
When it made landfall on august 24 1992 near homestead fl. It was 20 years ago when hurricane andrew a compact category 5 storm slammed into south florida. In all andrew caused about 26 5 billion in damages making it the second costliest hurricane on record when adjusted for inflation. Satellite images compare hurrican andrew from 1992 to 2017 hurrican irma share this video.
Also the deep convection did not persist. Hurricane andrew was only the third category 5 storm to impact the u s. In a 24 hour period the atmospheric pressure dropped by 47 mbar 1 388 inhg to a minimum of 922 mbar 27 23 inhg. Here s a look at the big one no one saw coming from wind speeds to timeline and path to the billions of dollars in damage.
Looking at the image one can see andrew s path laid out behind it in the form of churned up reddish brown ocean sediments and residual cloud cover. Flooding can be seen along the coast of south florida. Satellite images suggest that andrew produced deep convection only sporadically for several days mainly in several bursts of about 12 hours duration. And only three storms katrina in 2005 camille in 1969 and an unnamed hurricane that struck the florida keys in 1935 were more intense according to statistics complied by the national hurricane center.
Only hurricane katrina caused more damage. 15 years ago 08 24 07 fifteen years ago in the early morning hours of august 24 1992 hurricane andrew made landfall in south florida and became one of the costliest hurricanes in u s.