Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Hurricane Season again....

Hurricane Isaac has parked itself over Louisiana for the past couple of days causing disastrous flooding. I always find the satellite images fascinating.

Hurricane Isaac on August 28, 2012 at 1:35pm CDT, true color image. NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite.                                                                  
 
 
Hurricane Isaac on August 28, 2012  at 6:46 pm CDT as the storm made landfall in Plaquemines Parish, packing winds of 80 mph. NOAA GOES-13 satellite, visible image.
 
 
 
Wind map created by http://hint.fm/wind/ . Near-term forecast data is used to create an animated windmap with delicately swirling lines. Snapshot from August 29, 2012 from 10:00pm CDT.