News tagged with tropical storms
NASA imagery reveals a weaker, stretched out Fiona
NASA satellite data has noticed that Tropical Storm Fiona is getting "longer." That is, the storm is elongating in almost a north-south direction, indicating that she's weakening and may not make it through ...
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Sep 03, 2010 |
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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 ...
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Sep 03, 2010 |
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NASA satellite sees Tropical Storm Kompasu transitioning over Korea and China
NASA's Terra satellite captured the changing Tropical Storm Kompasu over Korea and China very early today, as it makes its way east to northern Japan. It is becoming extratropical.
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Sep 02, 2010 |
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Global Hawk drone aircraft flies over Frank on the GRIP hurricane mission
NASA's 2010 hurricane experiment is in full swing as the tropics have heated up. NASA's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft was sent out over this past weekend to conduct measurements on then Tropical Storm Frank ...
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Sep 01, 2010 |
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NASA infrared data sees convection building in Fiona's clouds
Infrared satellite imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed some strong convection building in Tropical Storm Fiona, and her maximum sustained winds increased from 40 mph yesterday to 60 mph this morning
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Sep 01, 2010 |
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NASA's Terra Satellite captures 3 tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean
NASA's Terra satellite flew over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean at 10:30 p.m. EDT Aug. 30 and captured Tropical Storm Lionrock, Tropical Storm Namtheun, and Typhoon Kompasu in one incredible image. Two of ...
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Aug 31, 2010 |
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NASA satellites see Tropical Storm Frank powering back up near Mexico
Tropical Storm Frank was wavering overnight in the eastern Pacific Ocean, just off the southwest Mexican coast, and recent satellite data has confirmed that convection has strengthened within the storm. GOES-11 ...
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Aug 24, 2010 |
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Cities attract hurricanes
Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, devastating New Orleans and other regions along the Mississippi River Delta. Hurricane forecasting has steadily progressed over the intervening ...
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Aug 23, 2010 |
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Snapshot of activity inside NASA's first GRIP flight
Scientists, graduate students and NASA flight crew came together and took part in the first flight of the DC-8 aircraft in NASA's Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) experiment on Tuesday, August ...
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Aug 20, 2010 |
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New satellite data reveals true decline of world's mangrove forests
New satellite imagery has given scientists the most comprehensive and exact data on the distribution and decline of mangrove forests from across the world. The research, carried out by scientists from the U.S Geological Survey ...
Aug 18, 2010 |
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Tropically Speaking, NASA Investigates Precipitation Shapes, Sizes for Severity
Rain drops are fat and snowflakes are fluffy, but why does it matter in terms of predicting severe storms?
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Aug 17, 2010 |
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Warnings up for Tropical Depression 5 in the eastern Gulf of Mexico
One of the two systems that forecasters have been closely watching in the Atlantic Ocean Basin became the fifth tropical depression at 7:30 p.m. EDT on August 10 in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. NASA's ...
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Aug 11, 2010 |
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Scientists forecast nine more Atlantic hurricanes, five big ones
The forecast for the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season calls for nine more hurricanes by November, including five major ones with winds topping 178 kilometers (110 miles) per hour, a Colorado State University ...
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Aug 05, 2010 |
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Tropical Depression 4 now a small tropical storm named Colin
The fourth Atlantic tropical depression became Tropical Storm Colin early in the morning today, August 3 and NASA and other satellites are keeping tabs on it. A GOES-13 satellite visible image at 1145 UTC ...
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Aug 03, 2010 |
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Oil spill workers evacuate as tropical storm bears down
Crews working on a huge oil spill evacuated Friday as a tropical storm barreled toward the Gulf of Mexico, prolonging the region's environmental and economic nightmare.
Jul 23, 2010 |
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