Image of the Day Water
Image of the Day Atmosphere Water
Satellite measurements of sea surface temperatures provide clues to the potential for tropical cyclone development.
Image of the Day Heat Water
Image of the Day Atmosphere Water Severe Storms
Cool rain and runoff, combined with the overturning of sea water, has cooled off the sea.
Image of the Day Water Severe Storms Human Presence Remote Sensing
Hurricanes feed off of warm ocean surfaces, consuming the heat and dragging up cool water from below.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Water Severe Storms
Tropical waters are warm, as usual, but not unusually so.
This color-coded image from June 1, 2010, shows which equatorial ocean waters are warm enough to promote hurricane formation.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Water
In early August, forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revised downward slightly their early-season predictions of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season.
Plenty of warm-water fuel waits in the Atlantic Basin for Hurricane Irene and other tropical storms to build themselves up in August 2011.
Image of the Day Heat Water Severe Storms