Another busy hurricane season is predicted for this year. Most people don't know how many strong hurricanes there were last year that were headed for the U.S. east coast, but were deflected by a long-lasting high pressure system.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/nsfc-ahs060111.php
Public release date: 1-Jun-2011
Contact: Rob Gutro
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
IMAGE: This visible image from the GOES-13 satellite on June 1 at 1445 UTC (10:45 a.m. EDT) shows the low pressure area off the northeastern Florida coast as a small rounded...
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Hurricane season starts today, June 1, in the Atlantic Ocean and the tropics are paying attention to the calendar. The GOES-13 satellite has been capturing images of a low pressure area that formed off the North Carolina coast yesterday and is now located off of the northeastern Florida coast.
The low pressure area, also known as System 93L appears somewhat elongated, almost rounded area of clouds on the satellite imagery today, stretching from southwest to northeast. The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite called GOES-13 has been capturing imagery of the low since it formed. The visible image from June 1 at 1445 UTC (10:45 a.m. EDT) has some shadows in the middle of the storm, which indicate that there are some towering, strong thunderstorms near the circulation center that are casting shadows onto the lower thunderstorms.
NASA's GOES Project, located at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. creates imagery and animations of GOES satellite data. The GOES series of satellites are operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. To see the latest animation of the GOES satellite imagery in "Hurricane Alley" in the Atlantic Ocean visit: http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov and click on "Hurricane Alley HDTV" on the top right side of the NASA GOES webpage.
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Other good links to keep track of hurricanes:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/
There is a tornado map at:
http://www.wunderground.com/tornado/
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