Historic 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Is Not Done: Hurricane Delta Aims for the U.S. Gulf Coast
The historic 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is not done yet. Hurricane Delta, the 25th named storm of the season, is expected to make landfall on…
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Interplanetary Storm Chasing – New Explanation for Mysterious Hexagonal Storm on Saturn
A new 3D model could explain the formation of a hexagon storm on Saturn. With its dazzling system of icy rings, Saturn has been a…
Monstrous Thunderstorms Rumble Over the Great Plains
During the summer, the U.S. Great Plains routinely experiences nighttime thunderstorms unlike anywhere else in the country. These large-scale storms—sometimes spanning entire states—account for more…
Looking Down at Storm From Space, NASA Finds Heavy Rainfall Ringing Major Hurricane Maria’s Eye
Imagine being able to look down at a storm from orbit in space, and provide data that lets scientists calculate the rate in which rain…
NASA’s Aqua Satellite Finds Hurricane Marie Rapidly Intensifying
NASA infrared imagery revealed that Hurricane Marie is rapidly growing stronger and more powerful. Infrared imagery revealed that powerful thunderstorms circled the eye of the…
Mystery of Strange Storms on Jupiter With Unusual Geometric Pattern Solved With Help From 19th Century Physics
At the south pole of Jupiter lurks a striking sight—even for a gas giant planet covered in colorful bands that sports a red spot larger…
Between Fire and Hurricane: US West Coast on Fire While Hurricane Sally Hits Gulf Shores
Over the past month, dozens of wildfires have burned vast swathes of land in California, Oregon, and Washington State, killing more than 30 people and…
A Meeting of Black Carbon Smoke and Tropical Storms
As large fires on the U.S. West Coast lofted vast plumes of smoke high into the atmosphere in September 2020, satellites and models tracked the…
NASA Satellite Data Analysis of Rainfall and Rainmaking Capability in Hurricane Sally
NASA satellites provided a look at the rainfall potential in Hurricane Sally before and after it made landfall in southern Alabama. NASA’s Aqua satellite and…
Catastrophic Flooding Possible: NASA Aqua Satellite Eyes Hurricane Sally and Finds Heavy Rain Potential
NASA’s Aqua satellite analyzed the cloud top temperatures and water vapor content in Hurricane Sally as it crawls toward landfall, and found the potential for…
More, Longer, Hotter: California Heatwave Fits a Trend
In early September 2020, an intense heatwave broke temperature records in several locations in Southern California. The dry, hot conditions helped fuel new and existing…
Global Warming Warning: Devastating Hurricanes Could Be Up to Five Times More Likely in the Caribbean
Global warming is dramatically increasing the risk of extreme hurricanes in the Caribbean, but meeting more ambitious climate change goals could up to halve the…
Super Typhoon Haishen Bears Down on the Korean Peninsula
Super Typhoon Haishen is poised to hit the Korean Peninsula this weekend, making it the third typhoon to encounter the peninsula in just two weeks….
NASA Satellite Finds Haishen Now a Super Typhoon – With a 31 Mile-Wide Eye
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Philippine Sea on September 4 and provided a visible image of Haishen that had strengthened into a super…
NASA Using Machine-Learning AI to Predict Hurricane Intensity
NASA research could help to improve forecasts of whether a hurricane will suddenly intensify, which could give people in its path more time to prepare….
Hurricane Nana Caught Making Landfall Under Cover of Night by NASA-NOAA Satellite
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided a nighttime look at Hurricane Nana just after it began making landfall in Belize. At 11 p.m. EDT on September…
Clear Picture of Wind Shear Battering Omar From NASA’s Terra Satellite
NASA’s Terra satellite provided a visible image that showed Tropical Storm Omar had weakened to a depression as it continued to be battered by strong…
Eyes on the Storm: NASA Aids Disaster Response to Hurricane Laura [Incredible HD Image]
Early in the morning on August 27, Hurricane Laura made landfall along the Louisiana and Texas coastline, bringing 150 m.p.h. winds, flash floods, and heavy…