Satellite View Of Hurricane Andrew

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Satellite view of hurricane andrew.

Satellite view of hurricane andrew 1992. The above image of andrew was taken on august 25 1992 at 20 20 ut. A hurricane track will only appear if there is an active storm in the atlantic or eastern pacific regions. That means alpha was pressed into service when a small subtropical depression formed in the far eastern atlantic this afternoon.

When all 21 names are used up in a season the greek alphabet is used. A sequence of satellite images depicting hurricane andrew from right to left on august 23 25 the hurricane accelerated westward into an area of highly favorable conditions and began to rapidly intensify late on august 22. Photograph courtesy of roger edwards national hurricane center coral gables fl. A reanalysis of weather.

Hurricane andrew was only the third category 5 storm to impact the u s. The satellite images on this map are from the goes satellite. The storm was to be the worst natural disaster in terms of dollar damage in u s. The tracker also allows users to go back in time and view and interact with the satellite imagery from the past hurricanes this year.

Andrew 1992 as he moved towards and into s. Storm track is a non profit publication intended for the scientist and amateur alike. When it made landfall on august 24 1992 near homestead fl. Satellite view of hurricane andrew as it approaches south florida.

Cdt on august 26 1992. In a 24 hour period the atmospheric pressure dropped by 47 mbar 1 388 inhg to a minimum of 922 mbar 27 23 inhg. Flooding can be seen along the coast of south florida. Looking at the image one can see andrew s path laid out behind it in the form of churned up reddish brown ocean sediments and residual cloud cover.

The goes satellite is composed of sophisticated instruments for sensing various aspects of the earth s atmosphere and weather systems.