2026-02-24
Hurricane Katrina
Vorticity | Category: Atmosphere
A textbook perfect Category 5 vortex structure as it made landfall in the Gulf Coast. The Oracle highlights the massive eye of the storm.
Making landfall on August 29, 2005, this system's barometric pressure dropped to 902 mbar. The Oracle tracks the intense vorticity and the structural perfection of the eye wall.