Hurricane Irma Satellite Image Loop

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Hurricane irma satellite image loop.

Hurricane irma aerial imagery response. Irma now a tropical storm. About this imagery was acquired by the noaa remote sensing division to support noaa homeland security and emergency response requirements. The global infrared satellite image shows clouds by their temperature.

A hurricane track will only appear if there is an active storm in the atlantic or eastern pacific regions. Hurricane irma is not alone. Here s a 7 day long ir satellite loop of hurricane irma along with the national hurricane center advisories and center location. Hurricane irma was an extremely powerful cape verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in september 2017.

Irma was the first category 5 hurricane to strike the leeward islands on record followed by maria two weeks later. At 8 00 am edt noaa s national hurricane center reported that irma is located about 30 miles north northeast of cedar key florida and has maximum sustained winds near 70 miles per hour. Launch web map in new window this tracker shows the current view from our goes east and goes west satellites. The wind flow around hurricane irma s eye is illustrated in this overlay with a visible satellite image of irma on tuesday.

Goes east satellite loops images click on the links to view the images or loop for each available band and view static images will enlarge while loops will be shown on another tab. The tracker also allows users to go back in time and view and interact with the satellite imagery from the past hurricanes this year. Satellite data only goes bac. Noaa s goes 16 captured this geocolor image of tropical storm irma at approximately 9 00 am on september 11 2017.

Red and blue areas indicate cold high cloud tops. Infrared ir radiation is electromagnetic radiation whose wavelength is. Click on goes east band reference guide to find out the primary usage of each of the goes east bands. Winds up to 130 mph as a category 4.

At the time it was considered as the most powerful hurricane on record in the open atlantic region outside of the caribbean sea and gulf of mexico.