Hurricane Lorenzo reaches Category 5 intensity
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GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed Hurricane Lorenzo during the time it intensified to a Category 5 storm around 0130 UTC on 29 September 2019. A plot of the CIMSS Advanced Dvorak Technique (below) indicated a peak intensity estimate of 143 knots from 0220-0820 UTC. #Lorenzo has strengthened into a... Read More