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Super Typhoon Nida to pass east of Iwo To and Chichi Jima

Super Typhoon Nida to pass east of Iwo To and Chichi Jima

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nida is still holding on to Super Typhoon status in the Western Pacific Ocean, and over the weekend, is forecast to pass east of both Iwo To and Chichi Jima islands. Although the center of Nida will remain ...


Hurricane Ike Larger, Eyeing Landfall Early Saturday in Texas

Hurricane Ike Larger, Eyeing Landfall Early Saturday in Texas

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created Sep 11, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Hurricane Ike hasn't been strengthening yet as of Thursday morning, Sept. 11, but he is getting larger. Ike is a very large tropical cyclone with hurricane force winds as far out as 115 miles from Ike's center ...





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Super Typhoon Melor crossing Guam this weekend

Super Typhoon Melor crossing Guam this weekend

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created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Melor has become a Super Typhoon with sustained winds near 130 mph, and is crossing Guam and its islands this weekend. Warnings and watches are already up for the region.


NASA eyes Hilda's Hawaiian hangout -- south of the islands

NASA eyes Hilda's Hawaiian hangout -- south of the islands

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created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tropical Storm Hilda is hanging on to tropical storm force winds, and continues to track south of the Hawaiian Islands. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite noticed some moderate rainfall in ...


NASA's Aqua satellite sees Nida explode into a category 5 Super typhoon

NASA's Aqua satellite sees Nida explode into a category 5 Super typhoon

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created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Typhoon Nida is in a favorable environment that has enabled it to intensify faster and stronger than previously forecast, and has now exploded into a Super typhoon. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Nida and ...


Terra satellite spots Tropical Cyclone Anja, the first of the southern season

Terra satellite spots Tropical Cyclone Anja, the first of the southern season

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA's Terra satellite captured a stunning image of Anja, the first tropical cyclone of the southern Hemisphere cyclone season. When Anja formed on Saturday, November 14, in the Southern Indian Ocean, about ...


Vamco's gusty remnants cause high wind warnings in Alaska's Aleutian Islands

Vamco's gusty remnants cause high wind warnings in Alaska's Aleutian Islands

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created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The remnants from Typhoon Vamco are sweeping over Alaska's Aleutian Island chain today and tomorrow, and high wind warnings have been posted by the National Weather Service.


NASA's QuikScat sees category 3 Hurricane Bill's winds go a long distance

NASA's QuikScat sees category 3 Hurricane Bill's winds go a long distance

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created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA satellites continue to capture important wind speed and cloud data that forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are using to help their forecasts. QuikScat has been particularly helpful in determining ...


NASA's satellite imagery sees Hilda hit a wall

NASA's satellite imagery sees Hilda hit a wall

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created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two days ago, Hilda was in prime shape to strengthen further as she tracked westward, far south of the Hawaiian Islands. Today, as a result of winds and cooler waters, she's weakened to a tropical depression, ...


NASA sees Tropical Storm Danny form, US East Coast on watch

NASA sees Tropical Storm Danny form, US East Coast on watch

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created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An area of low pressure east of the Bahamas has now powered up into Tropical Storm Danny, and NASA's Aqua satellite captured his strengthening thunderstorms in infrared imagery. Danny came together this morning, ...


NASA's Aqua Satellite sees Tropical Storm Parma lingering in the Luzon Strait

Aqua Satellite sees Tropical Storm Parma lingering in the Luzon Strait

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created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two instruments on NASA's Aqua satellite captured views of Tropical Storm Parma early today, October 5, while it was almost stationary in the Luzon Strait and it appears that it will sit there for several ...


QuikScat and Aqua providing important data on Tropical Storm Anja

QuikScat and Aqua providing important data on Tropical Storm Anja

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anja has continued to weaken over the last 24 hours, and NASA's QuikScat satellite has confirmed that the once mighty Category 4 Cyclone is now a tropical storm in the southern Indian Ocean. Two instruments ...



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