Noaa Hurricane Satellite Irma
Examples of damage caused by hurricane irma across florida.
Noaa hurricane satellite irma. Irma was a long lived cape verde hurricane that reached category 5 intensity on the saffir simpson hurricane wind scale. Geocolor imagery displays geostationary satellite data in different ways depending on whether it is day or night. Nw at 9 mph min pressure. Noaa hurricane research division joint hurricane testbed hurricane forecast improvement program other resources q a with nhc nhc aoml library branch noaa.
A hurricane track will only appear if there is an active storm in the atlantic or eastern pacific regions. Aviso publico 3 1000 pm cdt. Hurricane irma makes landfall at cudjoe key florida september 10 2017. Noaa although irma weakened as it approached the florida peninsula the storm s strong winds and heavy rain still caused 50 billion in damage in the u s.
Irma made landfall as a category 4 hurricane in the florida keys and struck southwestern. The catastrophic hurricane made seven landfalls four of which occurred as a category 5 hurricane across the northern caribbean islands. Irma s impacts were severe in the florida keys where many homes were destroyed or left uninhabitable. Noaa s goes 16 captured this geocolor image of tropical storm irma formerly hurricane irma from landfall yesterday 9 10 to up until mid morning today september 11 2017.
10 00 pm cdt fri oct 2 location. 998 mb max sustained. Hurricane irma aerial imagery response about this imagery was acquired by the noaa remote sensing division to support noaa homeland security and emergency response requirements. Central pacific hurricane center 2525 correa rd suite 250 honolulu hi 96822 w hfo webmaster noaa gov.
The tracker also allows users to go back in time and view and interact with the satellite imagery from the past hurricanes this year. A team of noaa aviators have been taking aerial imagery of locations affected by hurricane irma. Hurricane faqs national hurricane operations plan wx4nhc amateur radio. The office of satellite and product operations ospo is part of the national environmental satellite data and information service nesdis.
The images are a crucial tool in determining the extent of the damage inflicted by storms and flooding.