These photo-like and radar images together show the structure of the Category 1 Hurricane Jimena shortly after it make landfall over Baja California on September 2, 2009.
Super Typhoon Choi-wan is formidable in these images, with tightly spiraling bands of clouds and a distinct eye. A vertical cross section of the storm reveals towering clouds and a clear eye surrounded by dense clouds.
Forecasters expected the third hurricane of the 2015 Atlantic season to follow a trajectory away from the U.S. East Coast, but large amounts of precipitation could not be ruled out.