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![NOAA Prepares Forecasters for GOES-18 Data](/s3/2022-09/20220907-HURKay_G18.png)
NOAA prepares forecasters for early availability of GOES-18 data during the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
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![Tropical Storm Sebastien Gradually Weakens Over the Atlantic](/s3/migrated/20191122-TSSebastien.jpg)
Although forecasts from earlier this week expected Tropical Storm Sebastien to strengthen into a hurricane, strong wind…
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![GOES-16 Sees Irma's Second Landfall at Marco Island, Florida](/s3/migrated/2099v1_20170910-HURIrma.png)
GOES-16 captured this geocolor image of Hurricane Irma making a second landfall near Marco Island, Florida.
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![Lorenzo Lashes Azores Islands Before Taking Aim at Ireland](/s3/migrated/20191002-PTCLorenzo.jpg)
Hurricane Lorenzo lashed Portugal’s Azores Islands early Wednesday morning, toppling trees and downing power lines as the…
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![Dorian Slows to a Crawl Over Grand Bahama](/s3/migrated/20190902-HURDorian02.jpg)
Catastrophic Hurricane Dorian slowed to a crawl over Grand Bahama Island overnight and into Labor Day, Monday September 2,…
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![Large Saharan Dust Plume Blows Across the Atlantic](/s3/migrated/20190827-TSDorianDust.jpg)
Although we’re inching closer to the peak of hurricane season — which typically occurs in early September — GOES East…
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![11 Years After Katrina: Advancements in Weather Forecasting](/s3/migrated/GOES-12.jpg)
Eleven years ago, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005, ravaging the U.S. Gulf Coast. Although NOAA provided…
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![Earth from Orbit: Tropical Storm Claudette Batters Southeastern US](/s3/2021-07/2021_06_24_TSClaudette_TITLE_STILL%20%281%29.png)
This past weekend, NOAA satellites closely monitored Tropical Storm Claudette, the third named storm of the 2021 Atlantic…
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![Chlorophyll Concentration](/s3/migrated/Chlorophyll.png)
This data visualization shows the maximum wind gusts from Hurricane Irma from September 7 to September 10, 2017. Note how…
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![The Tropics Are Active in the East Pacific](/s3/migrated/EasternPacificStorms.png)
GOES East captured imagery of Hurricane Hector and two new tropical storms, John and Ileana, in the East Pacific on Aug. 6,…
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![Severe Weather](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
Severe weather is classified as a series of events that can cause destructive or deadly effects on the ground. It…
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![Active Fires](/s3/2021-07/Fire-us.png)
This data visualization shows the maximum wind gusts from Hurricane Irma from September 7 to September 10, 2017. Note how…
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![NOAA Satellites Monitor Increased Storm Activity in the Atlantic and Pacific](/s3/2023-08/2023_08_24_2023_Hurricane_Activity_Ramps_Up.png)
August 20 marked the beginning of what is typically the most active portion of the Atlantic hurricane season, and NOAA…
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![Sally's Total Rainfall Really Added Up](/s3/2021-06/20200915-17-CMORPH2.jpg)
CMORPH (NOAA Climate Prediction Center MORPHing technique) showed total rainfall produced by Hurricane Sally over several…
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![Tracking Cyclones: Frequency](/s3/migrated/1413v1_HurricaneTrack-Frequency.png)
Tropical cyclones form in most ocean basins – some more frequently than others. Before the advent of the satellite era,…