Noaa Hurricane Satellite Maria
Virgin islands teams from noaa s office of marine and aviation operations and noaa s n ational geodetic survey started capturing high definition aerial photos from locations affected by that storm.
Noaa hurricane satellite maria. Maria never regained all of its former intensity its maximum winds increased to near 110 kt by 0000 utc 22 september while the hurricane was centered about 60 n mi southeast of grand turk island. Images of puerto rico before left september 18th and after right september 25th hurricane maria hit puerto rico on september 21 2017. Hurricane maria at it s strongest september 20 2017 about 05 45 utc. As with hurricanes harvey irma and previous storms the images are a crucial tool in determining the extent of the damage.
Just days after hurricane maria passed over puerto rico and the u s. The latest advisory from noaa s national hurricane center 2 00 pm edt says maria is about 85 miles east northeast of puerto plata dominican republic and moving toward the northwest near 9 miles per hour. Satellite imagery shows the impact of hurricane maria on puerto rico noaa coastwatch oceanwatch viirs true color images before after hurricane maria. About this imagery was acquired by the noaa remote sensing division to support noaa homeland security and emergency response requirements.
Maria turned toward the north northwestand its center passed 30 to 40 n mi east and northeast of the turks and caicos islands on 22 september. Hurricane maria aerial imagery response. The office of satellite and product operations ospo is part of the national environmental satellite data and information service nesdis. See images from viirs ocview before and after easy to look at other areas of interest and zoom in.