NASA catches formation of fifth Atlantic depression
The fifth tropical cyclone of the North Atlantic Ocean season formed on Aug. 15, as NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite flew overhead.
The fifth tropical cyclone of the North Atlantic Ocean season formed on Aug. 15, as NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite flew overhead.
Earth Sciences
Aug 15, 2018
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NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite caught up with Typhoon Leepi in the open waters of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and captured a visible image that showed the bulk of clouds were northeast of the center.
Earth Sciences
Aug 13, 2018
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Tropical Storm John formed quickly off the coast of southwestern Mexico around the same time as Ileana, which is just east of John. Infrared data from NASA's Aqua satellite provided forecasters with temperature data that ...
Environment
Aug 6, 2018
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Tropical Depression Jongdari continued it crawl toward a landfall in China and NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of the disorganized depression. Warnings are in effect in China as Jongdari approaches.
Earth Sciences
Aug 2, 2018
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NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite found Tropical Depression Jongdari was still being battered by wind shear.
Earth Sciences
Aug 1, 2018
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Tropical Depression 16W was still being battered by vertical wind shear, and appeared elongated for the second day in a row on satellite imagery from NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite.
Earth Sciences
Jul 31, 2018
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Tropical Depression 16W formed in the northwestern Pacific Ocean despite vertical wind shear. Wind shear was elongating the newly formed tropical depression when NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead and analyzed the storm ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2018
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The Eastern Pacific Ocean's Tropical Depression 8E formed on July 26 and strengthened into a tropical storm by 5 a.m. EDT on July 27. At that time the storm was renamed Gilma. NASA's Terra satellite provided forecasters with ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2018
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The Eastern Pacific Ocean's Tropical Depression 9E formed on July 26 and by July 27 the depression had dissipated over 1,200 miles from Hilo, Hawaii. NASA's Terra satellite captured a look at the storm at its peak.
Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2018
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NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite found Tropical Depression Son-Tinh over southern China early on July 24.
Earth Sciences
Jul 24, 2018
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