CONTACT:  Patricia Viets, NOAA               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                                             9/29/98

NOAA PLACES SPECTACULAR SATELLITE IMAGES
OF HURRICANE GEORGES ON LINE

Spectacular satellite images of Hurricane Georges, including a color montage that shows Georges' progression from Sept. 18 through Sept. 28, are available on the World Wide Web, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced.

The images are from the following NOAA satellites: GOES-8, NOAA-12, and NOAA-14. Special color composites from GOES-8 show Georges as it tracked over the Atlantic and into the Gulf of Mexico. The site also contains a GOES infrared MPEG movie.

The site is: http://www.osei.noaa.gov/georges.html