An area of low pressure east of the Bahamas has now powered up into Tropical Storm Danny, and NASA's Aqua satellite captured his strengthening thunderstorms in infrared imagery.
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Tropical Storm Danny (Atlantic)
Tropical Storm Hilda (Central Pacific)
Tropical Storm Hilda is hanging on to tropical storm force winds, and continues to track south of the Hawaiian Islands.
Tropical Storm Ignacio (Eastern Pacific)
Tropical Storm Vamco (Pacific)
The remnants from Typhoon Vamco are sweeping over Alaska's Aleutian Island chain today and tomorrow, and high wind warnings have been posted by the National Weather Service.
Hurricane Bill (Atlantic)
Hurricane Bill drenched eastern Canada on his sweep by yesterday, August 24, bringing heavy rains to Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland.
Research News
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NASA Releases GOES-14 Satellite Video of Hurricane Bill
NASA has released a video of Hurricane Bill today from the GOES-14 satellite. The video was put together from a series of still frames taken by the satellite using both infrared and visible imagery and provides different views of Hurricane Bill on August 20.
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NASA's A-Train of Satellites "On Track" With Hurricane Research
NASA has several satellites that orbit the Earth one behind the other on the same track. They're called the "A-Train" and one of the things they study is tropical cyclones.
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Atlantic Hurricane Season Springs to Life
After a rather slow start, the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season has seen a sudden surge in activity with the rapid emergence of three named storms.
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NASA's TRMM Satellite Sees Typhoon Morakot's Massive Flooding in Taiwan
Typhoon Morakot struck Taiwan on August 7 and later China on August 10, 2009, bringing an enormous amount of rain that caused massive flooding, devastating mudslides, and loss of life.
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El Niño Conditions Set in Across Pacific Ocean During Hurricane Season →
In July 2009, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center reported that ocean temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific had shifted into El Niño—anomalously warm—conditions.
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First Image from GOES-14
GOES-14 shows first image.
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El Niño Approaches During the Hurricane Season →
Using Jason-2 altimetry data, NASA scientists are closely monitoring the recent Pacific El Niño warming.
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Hurricane Archives
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Hurricane Archives 2009
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Educator Resources
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Hurricane Materials
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