Infrared satellite imagery from NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument provided forecasters with a look at the waning convection happening inside Tropical Depression 14W as it lingers and fizzles out near Hainan Island, China today.
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Subtropical Storm 17 is giving signs of strengthening according to NASA satellite data.
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NASA wrapped up one of its largest hurricane research efforts ever last week after nearly two months of flights that broke new ground in the study of tropical cyclones and delivered data that scientists will now be able to analyze for years to come.
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Check NASA’s Hurricane Twitter feed for a daily behind the scenes look at storms in the tropics.
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Check NASA’s Hurricane Twitter feed for a daily behind the scenes look at storms in the tropics.
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A deep, stationary trough of low pressure parked over the Ohio and Tennessee valleys west of the Appalachians drew a steady stream of tropical moisture, including the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole, up the East Coast.
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The fourteenth tropical depression formed near Hainan Island, China this morning and its birth was captured by a NASA infrared satellite instrument.
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System 97L appears in a good place for development into a tropical depression in the next day or two.
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Check NASA’s Hurricane Twitter feed for a daily behind the scenes look at storms in the tropics.
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As is the case with many tropical cyclones, the biggest threat is often not from high winds and storm surge but rather inland flooding, especially in conjunction with hilly or mountainous terrain.
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