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Jam packed issues filled with the latest cutting-edge research, technology and theories delivered in an entertaining and visually stunning way, aiming to educate and inspire readers of all agesAs Hurricane Helene continues making its way toward Florida — now at Category 2 status — satellites in Earth orbit have been watching from above.
Some previous GOES-16 imagery shows lightning spiraling in the storm's arms as well. Meanwhile, a sunrise-to-sunset time-lapse of the hurricane from Wednesday night Another one of CIRA's X posts also highlights the way warm waters nurtured Hurricane Helene in the Gulf of Mexico: Heat maps reveal the sea surface temperatures of that body of water right around when Helene was about to approach.
And Helene passed over warm Gulf of Mexico waters, shown in the GOES-16 satellite's heat maps, on its way toward Florida. This is in part why it was able to gain so much power; experts are thusVery warm waters await Hurricane Helene in the Gulf of Mexico as seen in this satellite imagery showing the sea surface temperatures of the body of water.Helene is forecast intensify into a major hurricane before making landfall in the Florida panhandle tomorrow evening. pic.twitter.
"NOAA's National Weather Service is alerting communities that Helene's flooding rainfall and high winds won't be limited to the Gulf Coast and are expected to travel hundreds of miles inland," the organization said in the emailed statement."Helene is an unusually large storm, whose windfield extends as far as 275 miles from its center ... The major flood risk includes the urban areas around Tallahassee, metro Atlanta and western North Carolina, including Asheville.
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