NOAA satellites constantly monitor the oceans for tropical activity. As the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season comes to a close, we’re looking back at this above-normal season.

Hurricane Otis made landfall on Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, at 1:25 a.m. CDT as a Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 165 mph.

Twenty-five years ago, Hurricane Mitch formed, and was one of the strongest and most intense Atlantic hurricanes on record.

On Wednesday, Oct. 25, Hurricane Otis made landfall near Acapulco, on Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, at 1:25 a.m. CDT as a Category 5 hurricane with

The remnants of Tropical Storm Ophelia over the Atlantic Ocean combined with a mid-latitude system arriving from the west at a time of year when ocean

The remnants of Tropical Storm Ophelia over the Atlantic Ocean combined with a mid-latitude system arriving from the west at a time of year when ocean

On September 27, 2023, the VIIRS instrument onboard NOAA’s JPSS satellites captured this GeoColor imagery of Canadian wildfire smoke being pulled acro

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2023, at 7:30 a.m. EDT, the Advanced Baseline Imager onboard NOAA’s GOES East satellite captured the above GeoColor image