Digitized Charleston WSR-57 radar image of Hugo with superimposed winds Real-time winds measured onboard NOAA research aircraft flying into Hugo Wind velocity transmitted to NHC through a satellite link as eyewall hit coast Sustained winds of 155 mph at 10,000 feet and 135 mph at surface Higher gusts were estimated in area of landfall

Image ID: wea00455, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Photographer: Dr. Frank Marks, AOML Hurricane Research Division


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