Hurricane Irma Satellite Imagery
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Hurricane irma satellite imagery. Given irma s extreme intensity satellite imagery is. Launch web map in new window this tracker shows the current view from our goes east and goes west satellites. Hurricane irma began showing its convective appearance on satellite imagery the 26 27th of august 2017 as it moved into the eastern atlantic waters. Hurricane irma was an extremely powerful cape verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in september 2017.
At the time it was considered as the most powerful hurricane on record in the open atlantic region outside of the caribbean sea and gulf of mexico. To view imagery from the operational goes east goes 16 and goes west goes 17 satellites. A hurricane track will only appear if there is an active storm in the atlantic or eastern pacific regions. Hurricane irma north of puerto rico and the virgin islands 20 15z september 6 2017.
Hurricane irma aerial imagery response. A team of noaa aviators have been taking aerial imagery of locations affected by hurricane irma the images are a crucial tool in determining the extent of the damage inflicted by storms and flooding. The tracker also allows users to go back in time and view and interact with the satellite imagery from the past hurricanes this year. Noaa released aerial imagery that reveals the extent of the damage that hurricane irma unleashed along the coast of florida.
About this imagery was acquired by the noaa remote sensing division to support noaa homeland security and emergency response requirements. The office of satellite and product operations ospo is part of the national environmental satellite data and information service nesdis. Irma was the first category 5 hurricane to strike the leeward islands on record followed by maria two weeks later.