Helene's eye spotted on weather radar

 

Weather radar spots Hurricane Helene early Thursday afternoon. 

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United States weather radars can now see Helene’s eye – its rain-free center – as the hurricane tracks closer to the Florida coast.

A Tampa area weather radar first picked up Helene’s eye in the early afternoon. The center of the hurricane is located just under 200 miles away from the radar, so – because of the curvature of Earth – it’s only able to capture high levels of the system. The radar beam here is looking at the center more than 20,000 feet above ground level.

But hurricanes are massive: Their clouds and storms can reach tens of thousands of feet in the air.