The 2006 hurricane season was near normal

This image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite on June 13, 2006, at 12:05 p.m. EDT. Alberto had an obvious spiral structure, but the main area of clouds were located ahead of the storm to the north and east. The storm was just half an hour from making landfall near Adams Beach, roughly 50 miles from Tallahassee. Sustained winds were near 50 miles per hour around the time the image was captured, according to the University of Hawaii’s Tropical Storm Information Center. Rainfall totals were expected to be as high as eight inches in Georgia and the Carolinas. Credit: Credit: NASA/MODIS Rapid Response Team, Jesse Allen