Eye-popping satellite photo shows Tropical Storm Kay over Southern California this week
A picture taken on the morning of September 7, 2017, shows a massive system of destructive thunderstorms that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes in the United States, in the western North Atlantic Ocean. The National Hurricane Center says the picture is taken from space, and includes a white band that stretches across the globe from the tropics to the poles. The National Hurricane Center has described the image as “the most vivid image of a powerful storm ever taken from space”.
A picture taken on the morning of September 7, 2017, shows a massive system of destructive thunderstorms that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes in the United States, in the western North Atlantic Ocean. The National Hurricane Center says the picture is taken from space, and includes a white band that stretches across the globe from the tropics to the poles. The National Hurricane Center has described the image as “the most vivid image of a powerful storm ever taken from space”.
Dense, high pressure and low pressure over the middle latitudes is expected to bring several powerful storms to the United States over the weekend.
There are a few of these, but not nearly the one that Hurricane Harvey is expected to be. In terms of size, Harvey is the biggest one, followed by Irma and Maria. There is a lot of uncertainty about which storm is likely to be the worst, but here’s a picture of one of the most active Tropical Storms over the past month over the western North Atlantic, and a few points of view on how much it has already wreaked havoc.
Here’s a short video summary of Harvey, Irma, and Maria, so you can see it from the points of view of those who were affected by what they saw.
The good news is that these storms are very unusual, and the first is not usually very powerful or destructive. The other two are much stronger.
The good news is that these storms are very unusual, and the first is not usually very powerful or destructive. The other two are much stronger.
So what are the chances of two such storms in one month? The answer is about 7-in-10.
The odds of two hurricanes in the same month on the same coast of the same state are about one in 500 over the past 50 years.
