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IMAGE: NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of Tropical Depression 10E in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The imagery showed northeasterly wind shear had exposed the center of... view more  Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters…

IMAGE: NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of Tropical Storm Josephine in the Atlantic Ocean. The imagery shows a slightly elongated storm east of the Lesser Antilles... view more  Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters…

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed the North Atlantic Ocean during the early morning hours of Aug. 13 and captured a nighttime image of developing Tropical Storm Josephine. Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) The tenth named tropical cyclone of the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season was…

The tenth named tropical cyclone of the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season was named today, Aug. 13, after NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided a nighttime image of the storm. Tropical Storm Josephine developed from Tropical Depression 11. Over the last two days, Tropical Depression 11 has been moving through the Central…

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of Tropical Storm Mekkhala as it was making landfall in southeastern China. Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of former Typhoon Mekkhala shortly after it…

NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed the Eastern Pacific Ocean overnight on Aug. 10 at 10 p.m. EDT (Aug. 11 at 0000 UTC) and captured a night-time image of Hurricane Elida. Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) A new animation of night-time imagery from NASA-NOAA's Suomi…

IMAGE: NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of Tropical Storm Mekkhala as it was making landfall in southeastern China. view more  Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of former Typhoon Mekkhala…

IMAGE: NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed the Eastern Pacific Ocean overnight on Aug. 10 at 10 p.m. EDT (Aug. 11 at 0000 UTC) and captured a night-time image of Hurricane Elida.... view more  Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) A new animation of night-time imagery…

Summers are getting hotter, but the heat is not being suffered equally. The urban heat island effect — a phenomenon in which traditional urban design features attract the sun’s rays, making some cities several degrees hotter than surrounding areas — disproportionately exposes urban residents to dangerous conditions and additional utility…

Home News A satellite image of Isaias on Aug. 4 shows the storm moving north over the East Coast of the U.S. It made landfall in North Carolina on Aug. 3 as a Category 1 hurricane, but within hours had weakened to a tropical storm.  (Image: © NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East Sandwich)…