The hurricane is among the longest-lived cyclones of 2018, and the storm’s winds had plenty of time to rage and ease as they ran into different environmental conditions.
Published Sep 14, 2018Image of the Day Atmosphere Water Severe Storms Remote Sensing
Acquired October 23, 2012, this image shows Tropical Storm Sandy over the Caribbean Sea.
Published Oct 25, 2012
A radar on the Indian satellite Oceansat-2 measured the winds of the super typhoon on November 7, 2013.
Published Nov 13, 2013
The dramatic late-season storm was observed shortly before making landfall on the U.S. Northeast Coast.
Published Oct 30, 2012
Special sensors on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this view of the storm and the East Coast of the United States as lit by moonlight.
Published Oct 29, 2012Image of the Day Atmosphere Water Severe Storms Human Presence
A map reveals the wind fields of storms that marched across the Pacific Ocean in late summer 2015.
Published Sep 4, 2015
Acquired October 26, 2012, this natural-color image shows Hurricane Sandy east of Florida.
Published Oct 26, 2012
There are lots of ways to categorize storms, but research meteorologists have a simple way of dividing them: thunderstorms, tropical cyclones, and extra-tropical cyclones.
Published Mar 7, 2013
Hurricane Ida has a concentrated center of strong winds in this visualization of the storm’s wind field as observed by the QuikSCAT satellite on November 9, 2009.
Published Nov 9, 2009
