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EYE OF A MONSTER: NOAA's
#GOES16
stares inside the menacing eye of Category 5
#HurricaneDorian
this morning.
@NHC_Atlantic
says
#Dorian
is packing extreme winds from the eyewall in excess of 180 mph.
#Abacos
#Bahamas
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SATELLITE SPOTLIGHT: It's not just California that is battling
#wildfires
, Oregon is ablaze too—seen here yesterday evening from
@NOAA
's
#GOES17
🛰️. According to
@OregonOEM
, there are at least 35 active fires, including the
#BeachieCreekFire
,
#LionsheadFire
, &
#AlamedaFire
.
#ORwx
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Eye of a Monster: Here's an extended look into the eye of the powerful
#HurricaneIrma
, today, Sept. 5, 2017, courtesy of NOAA's
#GOES16
.
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TROPICAL UPDATE: At 1:50 pm EDT today,
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️ is zoomed in on the swirling eye of
#Hurricane
#Laura
, whose winds are now 140 mph, making it a Cat-4 hurricane.
@NHC_Atlantic
says the storm will cause an "unsurvivable storm surge" in places.
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NEW:
@NOAA
’s
#GOES16
🛰️ caught today's launch of its sister
#satellite
#GOEST
from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in this
#GeoColor
imagery. When it becomes operational, GOES-T will watch over the western U.S., Alaska and Hawaii. More:
#ReadytoGOES
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#SATELLITE
SPOTLIGHT: Here's a closer look at today's total
#SolarEclipse
from
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️. The moon's shadow tracked over the southern Pacific Ocean, as well as across
#Chile
and
#Argentina
, before moving into the southern Atlantic Ocean just before sunset.
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#SATELLITE
SPOTLIGHT: Japan's
#Himawari8
satellite caught another explosive eruption of the
#HungaTongaHungaHaapai
#volcano
in the South Pacific yesterday. The
#eruption
caused a large shock wave and prompted
#tsunami
advisories as far away as California.
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NOAA's
#GOES16
captured this early-morning, close-up of the extremely dangerous Cat. 5
#HurricaneIrma
, packing 175 mph winds, Sept. 5, 2017.
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SATELLITE SPOTLIGHT: The
#WinterSolstice
arrives at 11:19 pm EST tonight so we decided to look back at 2019 with a time lapse of each day of the year from
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
#satellite
. Notice how the seasons change as the sun angle moves from
#equinox
to
#solstice
.
#Earth
#winter
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UPDATE: There were more eruptions from the
#LaSoufri
ère
#volcano
this weekend. Yesterday,
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️ caught this close-up of another explosive eruption that launched ash and debris thousands of feet into the air over the island of St. Vincent.
#lasoufriereeruption
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NEW: NOAA's
#GOES16
captured this animation of
#HurricaneIrma
this morning, Sept. 4, 2017. For the latest updates:
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NEW:
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️ tracked the fast-moving
#severe
thunderstorms that produced a devastating
#TornadoOutbreak
overnight. More than 30
#tornadoes
were reported across 6 states. Kentucky's governor called it "the most severe and deadly tornado event in Kentucky history."
#KYwx
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TODAY: NOAA's
#GOES17
, from 22,300 miles in space, captures the thick smoke plumes streaming from the massive
#KincadeFire
.
@NWS
: "Potentially historic fire weather conditions expected in the northern Bay Area."
#CaliforniaFires
#CaWx
#CAFireWX
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EYE OF A MONSTER: NOAA's
#GOES16
stares into the eye of
#HurricaneFlorence
, which quickly intensified into a Cat. 4
#hurricane
today, Sept. 10, 2018. Updates:
@NHC_Atlantic
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NEW: NOAA's GOES-16 🛰️captured the landfall of
#HurricaneLaura
at 1 a.m. CDT in southwest
#Louisiana
near Cameron. The category 4
#hurricane
packed maximum sustained winds of 150 mph and a minimum central pressure of 938 mb. Updates:
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UPDATE: NOAA's
#GOES16
shows
#HurricaneIrma
, the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic -- outside the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico.
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NEW: An geocolor animation of the total
#SolarEclipse2017
leaving the continental U.S., as captured by NOAA's
#GOES16
.
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TROPICAL UPDATE: As the sun sets over the East Coast this evening,
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️ is tracking the bubbling clouds and
#lightning
from
#HurricaneSally
. As of 8 pm EDT,
#Sally
had sustained winds of 100 mph (Cat. 2) and was moving WNW at 5 mph. Latest: .
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TROPICAL UPDATE:
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️ is monitoring the movement and
#lightning
with major
#Hurricane
#Ian
this afternoon. Its winds have increased to 120 mph as it continues to push through the Gulf of Mexico. Latest:
#FLwx
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FLORENCE FOCUS: NOAA's
#GOES16
powerful camera zoomed into the menacing eye of
#HurricaneFlorence
this afternoon, Sept. 11, 2018.
@NHC_Atlantic
says life-threatening
#StormSurge
possible along both
#NorthCarolina
&
#SouthCarolina
coasts, followed by inland
#flooding
.
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60 Hours of
#Harvey
: This NOAA
#GOES16
loop shows
#HurricaneHarvey
from 8:00 pm (EDT) on Aug. 24, 2017 through Noon today, August 28.
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NEW:
#NOAA20
captured this close-up of the eye of Category 5
#HurricaneDorian
early this morning.
@NHC_Atlantic
now is describing this
#hurricane
as "catastrophic," and forecast to bring life-threatening storm surge, devastating winds to the northwestern
#Bahamas
.
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#SATELLITE
SPOTLIGHT: This
#FullDisk
#GeoColor
view from
@NOAA
's
#GOES17
🛰️ covers the globe from western Australia to eastern North America from 22,300 miles up. From this perspective, you can see the vast extent of the
#smoke
from the western
#wildfires
in this 24-hr loop.
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NEW: NOAA's
#GOES16
shows a "sandwich loop" -- a combination of visible and infrared imagery -- of
#HurricaneHarvey
today, August 25, 2017.
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.
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️ caught a stunning view of the mesovortices swirling in
#HurricaneBeryl
's eye as it made landfall on Carriacou Island today. For the latest on
#Beryl
, go to
1200 PM AST Jul 1 Position Update: Extremely dangerous
#Beryl
is producing catastrophic winds and life-threatening storm surge in the southern Windward Islands. For the latest information visit
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NOAA: July 2021 was Earth’s hottest month in 142 years. Read more:
#climate
#StateofClimate
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#SATELLITE
SPOTLIGHT: This imagery time lapse from
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
shows the change of Earth's seasons from Summer 2022 through today's
#SummerSolstice
2023. Learn more about how NOAA satellites track the seasons in today's
#EarthFromOrbit
video:
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#SATELLITE
SPOTLIGHT: The first day of
#AstronomicalSummer
started with an
#AnnularEclipse
! In this
#Himawari8
🛰️ loop, you can see the shadow of the
#Moon
pass over eastern
#Asia
. This kind of
#eclipse
appears as a
#RingofFire
in the sky, which was seen from
#Africa
to
#Taiwan
.
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#SATELLITE
SPOTLIGHT: The extremely active 2020 Atlantic
#Hurricane
Season has officially come to an "end". The Atlantic Basin had a record-breaking 30 named storms—all of them seen here from
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️. Review this historic season here:
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UPDATE: NOAA's
#GOES16
shows the explosive energy of
#HurricaneMichael
, captured in this "sandwich loop" -- a combination of visible and infrared imagery -- this morning, Oct. 10, 2018. For the latest:
@NHC_Atlantic
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#SATELLITE
SPOTLIGHT: As severe
#thunderstorms
pushed across the
#MidAtlantic
states last night,
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️used its Geostationary Lighting Mapper (
#GLM
) to track the vivid
#lightning
that lit up the skies over the region.
#PAwx
#MDwx
#VAwx
#DCwx
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#Ida
at Sunrise:
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️captured this sunrise view of
#HurricaneIda
.
@NHC_Atlantic
expects the
#hurricane
to rapidly intensify throughout the day, as it moves across the southeastern and central Gulf of Mexico. Updates:
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NEW: NOAA's
#GOES16
caught this evening's dangerous
#severeweather
system, impacting the southwest Missouri, including the Joplin area, triggering a
#Tornado
Emergency.
#mowx
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SATELLITE SPOTLIGHT:
@NOAA
's
#GOES17
🛰️ continues to track the extensive
#smoke
from the
#wildfires
across Northern California. This
#GeoColor
view shows the smoke blowing well away for the
#fires
, stretching hundreds of miles over the Pacific Ocean.
#CAwx
#CaliforniaWildfires
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TROPICAL UPDATE: The latest forecast from
@NHC_Atlantic
has Hurricane
#Laura
strengthening to a devastating Cat-4
#hurricane
. In this imagery from
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
early this morning, you can see its eye while
#lightning
flashes around the storm.
Devastating wind damage will occur near where
#Laura
makes landfall in the hurricane warning area. Well-built homes may incur major damage, trees will be snapped or uprooted, and electricity and water will be unavailable for several days to weeks.
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UPDATE: NOAA's
#GOES16
captured this animation of Cat. 5
#HurricaneMaria
, just as it made its 9:15 p.m. AST landfall on
#Dominica
.
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TROPICAL UPDATE: This cloud/lightning composite imagery from
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️is showing a better organized
#Elsa
, which has restrengthened into a
#hurricane
this evening. A
#HurricaneWarning
remains in effect for parts of Florida. Latest: .
#FLwx
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BREAKING: The
@WMO
just announced that
@NOAA
#satellites
helped it confirm two new
#WorldRecords
for
#lightning
--the longest single lightning bolt (captured by
#GOES16
's
#GLM
above) and the greatest single lightning flash duration! Get the details here:
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UPDATE: Oregon's
#BootlegFire
showed explosive growth last evening, with its
#smoke
and
#pyrocumulus
clouds seen here by
@NOAA
's
#GOES17
🛰️. This is the largest active fire burning in the U.S., and has spread to more than 212,000 acres at last report.
#ORwx
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BREAKING:
@NOAA
reports that the
#NorthernHemisphere
just had its hottest summer on record and
#August
2020 ended as 2nd hottest for the globe. Get more:
#StateoftheClimate
#climate
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#SATELLITE
SPOTLIGHT:
#AstronomicalSummer
is here! And to celebrate, we are taking you on a trip as
#Earth
makes its yearly trek around the
#Sun
. Notice how
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️ shows the sun angle change from
#winter
to
#summer
and back again.
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NOAA's
#GOES16
looks into the swirling eye of Cat. 5
#HurricaneMaria
this morning, 9/19/17. Updates:
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TROPICAL UPDATE: At 7:50 pm EDT,
#HurricaneLaura
is moving ever closer to landfall as the sun sets over the
#GulfCoast
this evening.
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️ continues to track
#Laura
as its winds have now increased to an incredible 150 mph. Get the latest:
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NEW: As numerous
#wildfires
rage across California,
@NOAA
's
#GOES17
🛰️ caught this time-lapse of the
#lightning
between Aug 16-18 that ignited many new
#fires
. The satellite's
#GLM
sensor detected several thousand strikes across the state during 72 hrs.
#CAwx
#CaliforniaWildfires
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TROPICAL UPDATE: At 2pm EDT, NOAA's
#GOES16
is watching the clouds and
#lightning
of
#TropicalStormIsaias
.
@NHC_Atlantic
still expects it to become a hurricane before landfall tonight.
#TropicalStorm
,
#StormSurge
, and
#Hurricane
Warnings are all in effect.
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UPDATE: Here is another version of Oregon's
#BootlegFire
from last evening, seen here in a zoomed-in GeoColor/
#Fire
Temperature composite from
@NOAA
's
#GOES17
🛰️. This fast-moving
#wildfire
is currently the nation's largest active fire.
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Night Falls on Dorian: NOAA's
#GOES16
captures
#HurricaneDorian
, as day turns to night across the
#Atlantic
. Updates:
@NHC_Atlantic
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UPDATE: A big-picture view from the eye of NOAA's
#GOES16
, tracking the moon's shadow across the U.S.
#SolarEclipse2017
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BREAKING: Earth just had its hottest
#September
on record, according to
@NOAA
#climate
scientists. What's more, 2020 is on track to rank among the world's hottest years ever recorded. Get the latest:
#StateOfClimate
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SATELLITE SPOTLIGHT:
@NOAA
's
#GOES18
🛰️ caught an incredible display of eye wall
#lightning
as Hurricane
#Otis
rapidly strengthened yesterday evening. According to
@NHC_Atlantic
, Otis was the strongest Eastern Pacific hurricane to make landfall in the satellite era.
#Acapulco
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#SATELLITE
SPOTLIGHT: This animation from
@NOAA
's
#GOES17
🛰️ yesterday shows the
#smoke
and heat signatures from some of the active Calif.
#wildfires
, including the
#RedSalmonComplex
. Farther south,
@CAL_FIRE
said other fires are causing evacuations in
#Napa
and
#Sonoma
counties.
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BREAKING:
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️used its
#WaterVapor
band to catch the
#launch
of the
#SpaceX
#rocket
this afternoon, the first launch of American astronauts from U.S. soil since 2011.
#CrewDragon
🚀
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THIS AFTERNOON: The sophisticated Advanced Baseline Imager aboard NOAA's
#GOES16
continues to monitor
#HurricaneDorian
, as it relentlessly pummels
#GrandBahamaIsland
.
@NHC_Atlantic
predicts "extreme destruction on the island." For updates:
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.
@NOAA
: So far, 2021 ranks only behind 2020 for having the most billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in a year. The first nine months of 2021 saw 18 separate disasters that claimed 538 lives and cost $104.8 billion. Latest:
#climate
#StateofClimate
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NOAA's GOES-13 captured the historic 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which ends today, 11/30/17, in this time lapse animation. Read more here:
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#SATELLITE
SPOTLIGHT:
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️ tapped into its
#GLM
sensor to track the vivid
#lightning
from the powerful
#thunderstorms
that rumbled across the Northeast yesterday evening. There were dozens of reports of wind damage from the
#severe
storms, and one reported
#tornado
.
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NOAA's
#GOES16
gives a close up of the eye of the strengthening
#HurricaneMaria
, nearing the
#LeewardIslands
this afternoon 9/18/17.
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UPDATE: NOAA's
#GOES16
watches the sun set on Cat. 5
#HurricaneDorian
, as it slammed into Great Abaco today. With wind gusts more than 220 mph & storm surge 18 to 23 feet above normal,
@NHC_Atlantic
says
#Dorian
's western eyewall is approaching eastern
#GrandBahamaIsland
.
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#SATELLITE
SPOTLIGHT: The
#WinterSolstice
arrives in the Northern Hemisphere at 4:48 pm ET today! To kick off
#AstronomicalWinter
, here's a look back at a year's worth of weather from
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️. (Notice how the Earth's tilt creates the seasons)
#WinterIsHere
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UPDATE:
@NOAA
's
#GOES17
🛰️ has been monitoring California's
#CreekFire
, which grew explosively today after igniting in the Sierra National Forest on Friday. In this loop, you can see the fire's extraordinary
#Pyrocumulonimbus
cloud, which reached an estimated 45,000+ ft high.
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This visible satellite animation from NOAA’s
#GOES16
shows
#TropicalStormDorian
moving closer to the
#VirginIslands
and
#PuertoRico
this morning. Get the latest
@NHC_Atlantic
update here:
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UPDATE: Here’s a close-up animation of NOAA’s
#GOES16
satellite using its 1-km visible band to track the large eye of
#HurricaneDorian
as it spins just 50 miles away from
#Charleston
,
#SC
. Get the latest on
#Dorian
:
@NHC_Atlantic
#scwx
#ncwx
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UPDATE: NOAA's
#GOES16
shows a close-up of the eye of
#HurricaneMichael
this afternoon, Oct. 9, 2018. For the latest on this strengthening
#hurricane
:
@NHC_Atlantic
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UPDATE: NOAA's
#GOES16
created this incredible "sandwich loop" -- a combination of visible and infrared imagery -- of
#HurricanceFlorence
this afternoon, Sept. 12, 2018. For the latest:
@NHC_Atlantic
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#SATELLITE
SPOTLIGHT: As it passed over eastern North America overnight,
#NOAA20
🛰️ caught the bright swirls of the
#AuroraBorealis
. A
#SolarFlare
erupted on March 28 and
@NWSSWPC
has issued a Strong (G3) Geomagnetic Storm Watch for today. More:
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SATELLITE SPOTLIGHT:
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️ is tracking the clouds and
#lightning
associated with
#severe
thunderstorms pushing across the southeastern U.S. this afternoon.
#Tornado
Watches are currently in effect from Florida to Virginia. Latest:
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UPDATE:
#TropicalStorm
#Fay
has formed off the coast of
#NorthCarolina
this afternoon, seen here by
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️.
@NHC_Atlantic
expects it to strengthen slightly as it moves along the coast, and a
#TropicalStormWarning
is in effect from
#NJ
to
#RI
.
#NJwx
#NYwx
#CTwx
#RIwx
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#SATELLITE
SPOTLIGHT:
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️ used its Geostationary Lightning Mapper (
#GLM
) to track the very intense
#lightning
associated with last night's
#severe
#thunderstorms
across the Central U.S. Very high
#instability
likely contributed to the light show.
#OKwx
#TXwx
#MOwx
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LANDFALL:
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️ caught the landfall of Cat. 4
#HurricaneIda
near Port Fourchon, La., around 11:55 AM CDT.
@NHC_Atlantic
says a "catastrophic storm surge and
#hurricane
-force winds" are moving ashore. Updates:
#idahurricane
#LAwx
#MSwx
#Ida
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The Geostationary Lightning Mapper on NOAA's
#GOES16
sees the
#lightning
associated with the catastrophic Category 5
#HurricaneDorian
this morning. Updates:
@NHC_Atlantic
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Here's a striking, time lapse animation from NOAA's
#GOES16
of lightning
#HurricaneIrma
generated between Sept. 4-6, 2017.
@LockheedMartin
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UPDATE:
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️ is tracking
#severe
#thunderstorms
rumbling across the Upper Midwest this evening. These storms have produced a lot of
#lightning
, as well as golf ball-sized
#hail
, uprooted trees, and a report of a
#tornado
in northern Minnesota.
#MNwx
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SATELLITE SPOTLIGHT: California was hit by another
#AtmosphericRiver
this weekend, as another one gets ready to come on shore this week. Water vapor imagery from
@NOAA
's
#GOES18
🛰️ shows the atmospheric river from March 10-13, with the deepest moisture appearing dark green.
#CAwx
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TROPICAL UPDATE: As of 5 pm EDT,
#HurricaneLaura
has strengthened even more, as seen from
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️.
#Laura
's winds have increased to 145 mph and
@NHC_Atlantic
warns that "catastrophic wind damage" is expected where Laura's eyewall moves onshore.
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NEW:
@NOAA
's
#GOES17
🛰️ has been tracking an
#AtmosphericRiver
bringing a parade of wet winter storms into the West this week. In this 5-day loop, you can see several storms push through, which brought high winds, mountain
#snow
, torrential rain and damaging
#landslides
.
#CAwx
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#SATELLITE
SPOTLIGHT:
#AstronomicalSpring
begins across the Northern Hemisphere at 5:24 pm EDT today. In this
@NOAA
GOES16🛰️ time-lapse imagery, you can see the sunlight angle change as Earth moved around the Sun from the Autumn 2022 equinox through today.
#VernalEquinox
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#SATELLITE
SPOTLIGHT:
@NOAA
's
#GOES17
🛰️ was tracking the explosive growth of the
#CaldorFire
last evening, seen here burning east of Sacramento, California. The
#wildfire
has grown to nearly 23,000 acres and thousands of people have been forced to evacuate.
#CAwx
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TROPICAL UPDATE: In this infrared/visible satellite composite,
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️ zoomed in on Cat. 4
#HurricaneDelta
moving closer to the Yucatan.
#Delta
's winds are now 145 mph and strengthening is possible despite it not having a well-defined eye. More:
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NEW: October will have two full Moons—the
#HarvestMoon
tonight and a rare
#BlueMoon
on
#Halloween
.
#DidYouKnow
that
@NOAA
satellites use the Moon for calibration? They also occasionally catch a glimpse of it, as
#GOES17
did, seen here. Learn more:
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TROPICAL UPDATE:
@NOAA
's
#GOES16
🛰️ is watching a lot of
#lightning
associated with a tropical disturbance near the Yucatan Peninsula this afternoon.
@NHC_Atlantic
says it will likely become a tropical depression or
#TropicalStorm
in the next day or two.
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