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Hurricane Dean
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Hurricane Dean |
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Hurricane Dean was the fourth named storm and the first hurricane of the 2007 Atlantic season. It was also one of the strongest hurricanes ever observed in the Atlantic Basin. Dean reached Category 5 statusthe highest rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale [ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml ]on August 20 [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17745 ] as it passed over the deep, warm waters of the Caribbean. When it came ashore on August 21, it was the first storm to make landfall as a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic basin since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, said the National Hurricane Center. At 3:05 p.m. local time on August 21, 2007, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] flying on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image of Hurricane Dean as it reemerged over the Gulf of Mexico after crossing the Yucatan Peninsula. In this image, the peninsula is barely visible northeast of the hurricane. The storm itself has lost the near-perfect shape and distinct eye it displayed on August 20, but it still maintains the tight spiraling clouds typical of a powerful storm. According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center public advisory [ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/212030.shtml ] issued at 4:00 p.m. central daylight savings time on August 21, the hurricane's center was located approximately 100 kilometers (60 miles) west-southwest of Campeche, Mexico. The storm was expected to travel westward at about 32 kilometers (20 miles) per hour, passing near the coast, and then move ashore over central Mexico on August 22. Although downgraded to a Category 1 storm, it was expected to re-strengthen before its second landfall. According to The New York Times, Hurricane Dean followed a sparsely inhabited path through Mexico, avoiding the tourist attraction of Cancún. Nevertheless, the storm tore roofs off houses, felled trees, downed power lines, and flooded streets. Passing over the warm water of the Bay of Campeche promised to give the storm more energy as it continued moving. You can download a 250-meter-resolution KMZ file of Hurricane Dean [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/Dean.A2007233.1905.250m.kmz ] suitable for use with Google Earth. [ http://earth.google.com/ ] NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data obtained courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response System [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The image is available in additional resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response System. |
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Hurricane Stan
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Hurricane Stan |
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Despite hitting a relatively remote section of the Mexican coastline as a Category 1 hurricane, Stan's effects were felt across the region as 49 people died in El Salvador as a result of mudslides brought on by related storms. A total of 65 people perished across the entire region as a result of Stan. Stan became the 18th named storm of an extremely active 2005 hurricane season on October 1, 2005, just east of the Yucatan Peninsula in the far western Caribbean. Moving west, Stan quickly made landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula, which it traversed as a weak tropical storm. After re-emerging over warm water in the Bay of Campeche, Stan turned to the southwest and began to intensify. The storm, however, did not have much room to grow over water before encountering the Mexican coastline and so made landfall south of Vera Cruz, Mexico, as a Category 1 hurricane. The image above shows observations obtained from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) at 10:05 UTC (6:05 am EDT) on October 4. It shows Stan making landfall along the coast of Vera Cruz, Mexico. A band of intense rain (dark red areas) is visible as part of the eastern eyewall, with additional heavy rain associated with an outer rain band located just offshore along the coast. At the time of the image, Stan was a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds reported at 120 kilometers per hour (75 miles per hour) by the National Hurricane Center. The TRMM satellite has been measuring rainfall over the tropics since its launch in 1997. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. Image produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and captioned by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC). |
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Tropical Depression Larry
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Tropical Depression Larry |
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Tropical Storm Larry formed in the Bay of Campeche in the southern Gulf of Mexico on the evening of October 1, 2003. Larry remained a tropical storm with winds reaching up to 60 mph as estimated by the National Hurricane Center. Larry was nearly stationary at times, and slowly drifted southward before coming ashore near Coatzacoalcos, Mexico on the Gulf Coast side of southern Mexico on the morning of the 5th. The primary threat from Larry was flooding due to the storm's slow forward speed. The TRMM-based, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center shows rainfall totals associated with Larry for the period September 30 to October 7, 2003. Fortunately, the heaviest amounts, on the order of 20 inches (darkest reds), appear offshore. However, coastal areas received up to a foot of rain (red areas) with 4 to 10 inches (green to yellow areas) occurring inland between the coast and the highlands of the southern Sierra Madre. Tropical storm symbols mark the positions of Larry every 24 hours beginning at 7 pm CDT on October 1 as reported by the National Hurricane Center. Larry first drifted towards the southwest then jogged to the southeast before continuing to move southward. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency NASDA. Image generated by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC). |
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Tropical Depression Larry
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Tropical Depression Larry |
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Tropical Storm Larry formed in the Bay of Campeche in the southern Gulf of Mexico on the evening of October 1, 2003. Larry remained a tropical storm with winds reaching up to 60 mph as estimated by the National Hurricane Center. Larry was nearly stationary at times, and slowly drifted southward before coming ashore near Coatzacoalcos, Mexico on the Gulf Coast side of southern Mexico on the morning of the 5th. The primary threat from Larry was flooding due to the storm's slow forward speed. The TRMM-based, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center shows rainfall totals associated with Larry for the period September 30 to October 7, 2003. Fortunately, the heaviest amounts, on the order of 20 inches (darkest reds), appear offshore. However, coastal areas received up to a foot of rain (red areas) with 4 to 10 inches (green to yellow areas) occurring inland between the coast and the highlands of the southern Sierra Madre. Tropical storm symbols mark the positions of Larry every 24 hours beginning at 7 pm CDT on October 1 as reported by the National Hurricane Center. Larry first drifted towards the southwest then jogged to the southeast before continuing to move southward. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency NASDA. Image generated by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC). |
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Hurricane Stan: Natural Haza
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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STS-91 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-91 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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