Tropical Storm Robyn nested away from land
Tropical Storm "Robyn" didn't have to fly south for the northern hemisphere winter, like the birds (Robins), it formed in the southern hemisphere this past weekend in the Southern Indian Ocean....
View ArticleNASA sees one of Cyclone Laila's thunderstorms almost 11 miles high
A NASA 3-D look inside Cyclone Laila as it made landfall yesterday revealed a towering thunderstorm reaching almost 11 miles high! NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite has been...
View ArticleAgatha drenches Guatemala and El Salvador, remnants now in Caribbean
Tropical Storm Agatha was the first tropical storm of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season, and took an inland route, drenching El Salvador and Guatemala this past weekend.
View ArticleSystem 92L in Atlantic getting organized in a tropical way
An area of low pressure referred to by meteorologists as "System 92L" in the Atlantic Ocean seems ripe for development and NASA infrared satellite imagery revealed areas in the low that have strong...
View ArticleTropical Depression 2-E forms in the Eastern Pacific, number 3 may follow
he second tropical depression of the Eastern Pacific Ocean hurricane season formed close to the western Mexican coast this morning, and the third tropical depression may develop in the next day or two....
View ArticleTropical Depression 2-E struggling, while Tropical Storm Blas is born
NASA infrared satellite imagery captured two tropical depressions in the Eastern Pacific Ocean today, as one struggles to survive and the other powered up into Tropical Storm Blas.
View ArticleNASA's TRMM Satellite sees Tropical Depression 2-E dissipating
The National Hurricane Center issued the final advisory on the Eastern Pacific Ocean's second tropical depression (2-E) on June 17 at 11 a.m. EDT. NASA satellite imagery from mid-afternoon that day...
View ArticleNASA's Aqua and Terra satellites view Tropical Storms Blas and Celia
Tropical cyclones Blas and Celia are both spinning in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, and two NASA satellites captured them in visible and infrared imagery.
View ArticleAqua infrared satellite imagery sees Tropical Storm Darby form quickly
The fifth tropical depression of the Eastern Pacific Ocean hurricane season developed and quickly strengthened into Tropical Storm Darby during the early morning hours of June 23. NASA's Aqua satellite...
View ArticleExpecting Tropical Depression Alex in the Caribbean
Forecasters on June 25 had given System 93L in the western Caribbean an 80 percent chance of developing into Tropical Depression Alex, and weekends seem to always birth tropical depressions. The...
View ArticleTropical Storm Alex now in Gulf of Mexico, brought heavy rainfall to Belize,...
NASA's infrared satellite imagery captured high, cold, strong thunderstorms within Tropical Storm Alex over the past weekend and they are still creating heavy rainfall. Alex's center is now moving out...
View ArticleAlex's aftermath brings flash flood watches to Texas
Tropical Depression Alex dissipated over the mountains of central Mexico, but his rainy remnants have moved into south, central and western Texas. The GOES-13 satellite is keeping an eye on Alex's...
View ArticleGOES-13 satellite sees elongated system 96L getting organized
System 96L looks like an oval-shaped area of clouds in a recent visible satellite image from the GOES-13 satellite. The National Hurricane Center noted that it now has a 50% chance of development into...
View ArticleNASA releases GOES-13 satellite movie of the life and times of Hurricane Alex
NASA's GOES Project has just released a "movie" of satellite imagery showing the life and times of 2010's only June hurricane. From birth to death, the GOES-13 satellite kept an eye on the life and...
View ArticleThe GOES-11 Satellite sees System 96E getting tropically organized
System 96E appears to be getting organized, and that's apparent in the latest visible imagery from the GOES-11 satellite.
View ArticleTropical Depression 6-E forms from System 96E, struggling in wind shear
Yesterday, System 96E looked good for development and by 5 p.m. EDT that low pressure area had organized more to become Tropical Depression 6-E in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Today, July 15, the GOES-11...
View ArticleOnce a depression, 6E now a remnant, NASA imagery shows little strength left
The storm known formerly as Tropical Depression 6E, or TD6E, has been downgraded into a remnant low pressure system in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. On July 16 when NASA's Aqua satellite flew over TD6E,...
View ArticleEngineers Find New 'Lake,' Prompting Emergency Floodwater Release from Falcon...
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Center for Space Research at The University of Texas at Austin has discovered that a 200-square-mile lake has formed in the Rio Grande Basin of northern Mexico, threatening...
View ArticleNASA infrared image of Tropical Storm Chanthu shows convection missing on...
The fourth tropical depression of the western Pacific Ocean strengthened into a tropical storm and was named Chanthu today. Infrared imagery from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument that...
View ArticleNASA satellites see System 97L serve up a soaking
System 97L may not yet be a tropical depression, but it feels like it to the residents of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Hispaniola. NASA satellite data captured both rainfall and cloud...
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