Keywords: US Navy 040903-N-0000X-002 Satellite image taken from the GOES-12 satellite of Hurricane Frances at approximately 0740 EST.jpg en Mid-Atlantic Ocean Sept 3 2004 Satellite image taken from the GOES-12 satellite of Hurricane Frances at approximately 0740 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 <a href https //weather navy mil Target _BLANK >https //weather navy mil</a> 2004-09-03 040903-N-0000X-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 17429 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Satellite pictures of Hurricane Frances |