Satellite View Of Hurricane Ike

Hurricane ike aɪ k was a powerful tropical cyclone that swept through portions of the greater antilles and northern america in september 2008 wreaking havoc on infrastructure and agriculture particularly in cuba and texas ike took a similar track to the 1900 galveston hurricane the ninth tropical storm fifth hurricane and third major hurricane of the 2008 atlantic hurricane season.

Satellite view of hurricane ike.

Edt on september 11 2008 in a public advisory issued at 1 00 p m the national hurricane center warned that ike was a category 2 hurricane with winds of 160 kilometers per hour 100 miles per hour and that. Moving west northwest ike strengthened into a hurricane on the afternoon of september 3rd and. Unless otherwise noted the images linked from this page are located on servers at the satellite products and services division spsd of the national environmental satellite data and information service nesdis. 4 when this photo was taken from the international space station s vantage point of 220 miles above the earth.

Ike s effects included deaths widespread damage and impacts to the price and availability of oil and gas. The center of the hurricane was near 23 8 degrees north latitude and 85 3 degrees west longitude moving 300. Satellite iss images of hurricane ike. Time lapse radar of hurricane ike as it passes through galveston and houston texas.

2008 this picture of hurricane ike from earlier today was downlinked by the crew of the international space station flying 220 statute miles above earth. Hurricane ike sprawls over much of the gulf of mexico in this photo like image taken by the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer on nasa s terra satellite at 12 25 p m. This video was create. Hurricane ike also had a long term impact on the u s.

Trmm tropical rainfall measuring mission spacecraft observed this view of hurricane ike on september 10 2008 at 1745 utc. The effects of hurricane ike in texas were crippling and long lasting. Satellite images and tracking maps of category 4 major hurricane ike 2008 september 1 15. 2008 hurricane ike was still a category 4 storm on the morning of sept.

View of hurricane ike from space station 09 05 08 iss017 e 015162 4 sept. Cdt on september 13 2008 category 2 hurricane ike caused extensive damage in texas with sustained winds of. On the morning of september 1st a tropical depression formed approximately 1750 miles east of puerto rico. Synopsis ike evolved from a tropical disturbance that moved off the west coast of africa at the end of august.

View of hurricane ike from space station. Max wind speed 145mph. The depression quickly strengthened into a tropical storm later that afternoon. The storm was a category 2.