![]() Lorenzo is moving toward colder North Atlantic waters and the storm is now an extratropical cyclone. The images were acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments on NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites, respectively. The image below shows the hurricane on September 28, when it was a category 5 storm. The image above shows Lorenzo on October 2, 2019, shortly after passing the Azores. The storm is expected to bring heavy rain to Ireland later this week. By October 2, the hurricane had weakened to a category 1, but it still brought winds of 145 kilometers (90 miles) per hour to the Azores archipelago. According to the National Hurricane Center, the category 5 hurricane traveled farther east and north in the Atlantic Ocean than any previous storm of the same strength. 2.įor updated forecasts.On September 28, 2019, Hurricane Lorenzo made history. On the forecast track, the center of Lorenzo is expected to pass near the western Azores early on Wednesday, Oct. NASA’s expertise in space and scientific exploration contributes to essential services provided to the American people by other federal agencies, such as hurricane weather forecasting. Hurricanes are the most powerful weather event on Earth. The estimated minimum central pressure is 962 millibars. ![]() ![]() Only slow weakening is expected during the next two days. Maximum sustained winds are near 100 mph (155 kph) with higher gusts. Lorenzo is moving toward the northeast near 22 mph (35 kph). It was centered about 555 miles (895 km) southwest of Flores in the Western Azores Islands. 1, the center of Hurricane Lorenzo was located near latitude 34.3 degrees north and longitude 29.0 degrees west. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Sao Miguel, Santa Maria.Īt 8 am EDT (1200 UTC) on Oct. 1, a Hurricane Warning was in effect for islands in the Azores that included Flores, Corvo, Faial, Pico, Sao Jorge, Graciosa, and Terceira. NOAA’s National Hurricane Center or NHC noted that hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 90 miles (150 km) from the center and tropical storm-force winds extend outward up to 345 miles (555 km). Lorenzo is a very large tropical cyclone. 1, but the system remains very well organized with tightly curved convective bands. In the VIIRS imagery, Lorenzo’s eye had become less distinct on satellite images over Sept. Those two images were stitched together using the NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. In fact, it took two orbits of NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite to capture the entire storm. 30 and revealed that Lorenzo has grown in size. The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard Suomi NPP provided a visible image of Lorenzo on Sept. The more circular a storm appears, the stronger it can be. The shape of a tropical cyclone provides forecasters with an idea of its organization and strength. ![]() Visible imagery from NASA satellites help forecasters understand if a storm is organizing or weakening. Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over Hurricane Lorenzo twice in the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean to obtain a full picture, stitched together, of the large storm. Satellite imagery revealed the large extent of the storm. Hurricane Lorenzo was heading toward the Azores Islands when NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with an image of the storm. 01, 2019 – NASA Satellite Sees a Large Hurricane Lorenzo Headed toward Azores
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