Several NASA satellites have been monitoring the growth of powerful and massive Cyclone Yasi and providing data on clouds, rainfall and intensity to forecasters as it nears Queensland, Australia. NASA data shows where the heaviest rainfall is oc…
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NASA satellites reveal heavy rains in dangerous Cyclone Yasi on its Australian approach
NASA sees large Tropical Cyclone Yasi headed toward Queensland, Australia
Tropical Storm Anthony made landfall in Queensland, Australia this past weekend, and now the residents are watching a larger, more powerful cyclone headed their way. NASA’s Terra satellite captured a visible image of the large Tropical Cyclone…
NASA satellites dissect Tropical Storm Vania’s clouds and rainfall
NASA’s Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and Aqua satellites are providing valuable information to forecasters about Tropical Storm Vania’s clouds and rainfall as the system continues to impact Vanuatu and New Caledonia in the South Pac…
GOES-13 Satellite sees Hurricane Tomas lashing Haiti and eastern Cuba today
Tomas strengthened to hurricane status and is currently lashing Hispaniola and eastern Cuba today and the GOES-13 satellite provided a visible image of its extensive cloud cover.
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite known as G…
NASA satellites see Typhoon Megi poised for southeastern China landfall
Typhoon Megi has run into winds that are weakening the storm, but it is forecast to make landfall in southeastern China late at night (EDT) on Oct. 22 (11 a.m. local time Hong Kong, Oct. 23) as a Category One Typhoon. NASA satellites have been m…
Category 4 Cyclone Giri hits Burma, NASA satellite sees heavy rainfall
Tropical Storm 04B grew quickly into powerful Cyclone Giri and was making landfall in Burma today as a powerful Category Four Cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson scale. NASA’s TRMM satellite noticed that the storm contained some heavy rainfall in ad…
NASA satellites and aircraft studied Hurricane Karl before it faded
Hurricane Karl made landfall near Veracruz, Mexico on Friday, Sept. 17 and moved inland over Mexico’s rugged terrain, which took the punch out of the storm. As Karl was moving into Mexico, NASA aircraft and NASA satellites were gathering data fr…
3 NASA satellites seek clues to Hurricane Julia’s rapid intensification
Hurricane Julia intensified rapidly overnight and is now a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale and NASA’s Aqua, Terra and TRMM satellites captured clues as they passed over her from space.
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (T…
Stunning NASA infrared imagery of Hurricane Igor reveals a 170 degree temperature difference
NASA satellites provide infrared images to forecasters that show temperature, and today’s imagery of powerful Hurricane Igor showed the storm’s perfect form and the warm ocean waters around it that are keeping it fueled. NASA’s infrared data a…
Igor now a Category 4 hurricane with icy cloud tops and heavy rainfall
NASA Satellites have noticed two distinct features in Igor that both indicate how powerful he has become, icy cold, high cloud tops and very heavy rainfall. NASA’s Aqua and TRMM satellites have provided that insight to forecasters who are predicti…
NASA satellite and International Space Station catch Earl weakening
NASA satellites and the International Space Station are keeping eyes on Hurricane Earl as it heads for New England. Watches and Warnings are posted in the U.S. northeast.
Having felt the effects of both increasing wind shear and cooler waters, H…
GOES-13 satellite sees Hurricane Earl’s clouds covering the US Northeast
Hurricane Earl lashed the North Carolina coast last night and this morning, September 3, and is now headed for Cape Cod, Massachusetts. This morning’s image from the GOES-13 satellite saw Hurricane Earl’s clouds covering most of the northeastern…
NASA hurricane researchers eye Earl’s eye
Hurricane Earl, currently a Category Two storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale with maximum sustained winds of 100 knots (115 miles per hour), continues to push relentlessly toward the U.S. East Coast, and NASA scientists, instruments and spacecraft…