Nasa Weather Satellite Hurricane Lane
Then hurricane lane lined up in the tropical pacific for an encounter with the hawaiian islands.
Nasa weather satellite hurricane lane. Around that time lane was a. Nasa jpl caltech instruments on nasa s terra and aqua satellites were watching as hurricane lane a category 2 storm as of friday aug. Around lane and a nasa dc8 aircraft conducted a mission around lane under the high ice water content field program. Lane had intensified and had maximum sustained winds reaching about 105 kts 121 mph at that time.
This image shows hurricane lane as observed by the atmospheric infrared sounder airs instrument on nasa s aqua satellite on thursday august 23. Local time 18 00 utc. Hawaii standard time 20 45 universal time on august 21 2018 the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer modis on nasa s terra satellite acquired this natural color image of hurricane lane. Hurricane lane had moved westward into the central pacific ocean far southeast of the hawaiian islands when the gpm core observatory satellite passed above on august 19 2018 at 1643 utc.
Then hurricane lane lined up in the tropical pacific for an encounter with the hawaiian islands. The storm was the wettest on record in hawaii with peak rainfall accumulations of 58 in 1 473 mm along the eastern slopes of mauna loa lane was the twelfth named storm sixth hurricane fourth major hurricane and the first of three category 5 hurricanes of the. Hawaii standard time 20 45 universal time on august 21 2018 the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer modis on nasa s terra satellite acquired this natural color image of hurricane lane. It is worthy to note that this was the first instance where the noaa aoc hurricane hunters surveilled a central pacific tropical cyclone and all of these missions were coincident with missions by the air force reserve.
Nasa analyzes a solid ring of cold cloud tops in hurricane lane nasa. Features of this site include. Lane was a very large and well. Hurricane lane was a powerful tropical cyclone that brought torrential rainfall and strong winds to hawaii during late august 2018.
24 made its way toward hawaii. This made it a category three on the saffir simpson hurricane wind scale. Central pacific hurricane center 2525 correa rd suite 250 honolulu hi 96822 w hfo webmaster noaa gov. Around that time lane was a.
Interactively zoom and animate weather satellite images from a variety of geostationary satellites. An infrared look by nasa s terra satellite provided forecasters with temperature data in the category 4 hurricane near hawaii. This photo like image was acquired by the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer on nasa s terra satellite on september 15 2006 at 12 00 p m.