040903-N-0000X-001 Mid-Atlantic Ocean (Sept. 3, 2004) Ð Satellite image taken from the GOES-12 satellite of Hurricane Frances showing temperature variations at approximately 0550 EST. Frances, a 300 mile-wide category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, is approximately 250 miles east-southeast of the Florida East Coast, moving at near 9 knots. Maximum sustained winds remain near 120 MPH with winds extending outwards up to 85 miles. The core of the storm is expected to hit landfall in Florida early Saturday morning, only three weeks after Hurricane Charley left billions of
040903-N-0000X-001 Mid-Atlantic Ocean (Sept. 3, 2004) Ð Satellite image taken from the GOES-12 satellite of Hurricane Frances showing temperature variations at approximately 0550 EST. Frances, a 300 mile-wide category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, is approximately 250 miles east-southeast of the Florida East Coast, moving at near 9 knots. Maximum sustained winds remain near 120 MPH with winds extending outwards up to 85 miles. The core of the storm is expected to hit landfall in Florida early Saturday morning, only three weeks after Hurricane Charley left billions of dollars in damage as it swept across the peninsula. Photo provided by Naval Atlantic Meteorology and Oceanography Center (RELEASED) For more information visit US Navy 040903-N-0000X-001 Satellite image taken from the GOES-12 satellite of Hurricane Frances showing temperature variations at approximately 0550 EST
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