Awesome EARL Powers Toward U.S. Coast

What’s worse than a major hurricane making landfall?

EARL Now a Cat 4B Hurricane Packing Sustained Winds of 235km/hr, Intensifying

Hurricane EARL – GOES Satellite Floater Imagery. Click image to enlarge

Real-Time U.S. Composite Satellite Image

Animate image. Click image to enlarge.

Hurricane Earl

Hurricane EARL – natural-color image was captured by MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite at 2 p.m. EDT on September 1, 2010. The Bahamas are immediately west of the storm. Download large image (6 MB, JPEG) – Image acquired September 1, 2010. Click image to enlarge.

Hurricane Earl – The Astronaut View

This photograph was captured with a digital SLR camera by a NASA astronaut, Douglas Wheelock, on August 30, 2010, showing Earl with a distinct eye that spanned about 28 kilometers. Full caption here.

POES Composite  –  (Daily Sea Surface Temps)

• Atlantic Ocean Current Temp: Image – Loop\

Other Satellite Images o EARL

Satellite Imagery (GOES 12 Floater/NOAA/SSD). West Atlantic – IR (Aviation Color Enhancement). Click image to enlarge.

Loops/ Satellite Animations (GOES 12; NOAA/SSD).  Tropical Atlantic Hurricane Sector – Infrared. Click image to animate.

For more images and animation, go to Satellite Imagery

Related Links:

• Hurricane EARL Public Advisory (watches and warnings)

• Storm Extravaganza
• The Storm Trio
• FEWW New Hurricane Scale
• Satellite Imagery