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September 8, 2008 - Hurricane Ike
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Between the last week of August and the first week of September 2008, the Atlantic Ocean queued up a series of tropical storms. In the wake of Gustav and Hanna, the third storm in the queue, named Ike, made its way westward.
In a single day, Ike transformed from a tropical storm into a powerful Category 4 hurricane. The MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image at 10:40 a.m. EDT on September 4, 2008. Ike was a densely packed mass of clouds with a distinct eye. As is typical in powerful cyclones, the storm is nearly symmetrical. At the time this image was acquired, Ike was northeast of the Lesser Antilles (visible in the lower loft corner of the image) and had winds near 220 kilometers per hour (140 miles per hour) with stronger gusts, said the National Hurricane Center. Ike was forecast to weaken only slightly as it tracked west across the Atlantic.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 09/04/2008
Resolutions:
1km ( B), 500m ( B), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Between the last week of August and the first week of September 2008, the Atlantic Ocean queued up a series of tropical storms. In the wake of Gustav and Hanna, the third storm in the queue, named Ike, made its way westward.
In a single day, Ike transformed from a tropical storm into a powerful Category 4 hurricane. The MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image at 10:40 a.m. EDT on September 4, 2008. Ike was a densely packed mass of clouds with a distinct eye. As is typical in powerful cyclones, the storm is nearly symmetrical. At the time this image was acquired, Ike was northeast of the Lesser Antilles (visible in the lower loft corner of the image) and had winds near 220 kilometers per hour (140 miles per hour) with stronger gusts, said the National Hurricane Center. Ike was forecast to weaken only slightly as it tracked west across the Atlantic.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 09/04/2008
Resolutions:
1km ( B), 500m ( B), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
