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NASA sees Tropical Storm Sanvu continue to intensify

May 24, 2012
Two NASA satellites have provided infrared and rainfall data that has shown Tropical Storm Sanvu continues to intensify as it heads toward Iwo To, Japan. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite has scanned rainfall rates, and NASA's Aqua satellite has provided a look at cloud temperatures which indicates where ...

New satellite movie chases post-Tropical Storm Alberto in Atlantic

May 24, 2012
On May 23, 2012, the remnants of post-tropical storm Alberto were chasing a frontal system over the Atlantic Ocean, several hundred miles east of the U.S. East coast. A new NASA animation of imagery from NOAA's GOES-15 satellite shows the progression of Alberto's remnants.

TRMM satellite sees heavy rainfall in Tropical Storm Bud

May 24, 2012
Tropical Storm Bud is dropping heavy rainfall, and appears to be intensifying. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite has been monitoring rainfall within the storm, and has watched it become heavier over the last day - a sign the storm is intensifying.

NASA Sees Eastern Pacific’s Second Tropical Storm Form

May 23, 2012
On May 21, NASA satellites were monitoring Tropical Depression 02E in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and 24 hours later it strengthened into the second tropical storm of the season. Tropical Storm Bud was captured by NOAA's GOES-13 satellite on May 22, and appears to be well-formed.

NASA satellite sees Tropical Storm Sanvu pass Guam, strengthen

May 23, 2012
Tropical Depression 03W in the western North Pacific did exactly what forecasters expected over the last twenty-four hours: it became a tropical storm named Sanvu and passed west of Guam on a northwesterly track.

Two NASA satellites spy Alberto, the Atlantic Ocean season’s first tropical storm

May 22, 2012
The first tropical storm of the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season formed off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 5 p.m. EDT, and NASA satellites were immediately keeping track of it. NASA's TRMM and Aqua satellites have provided a visible look at the compact storm and ...

North Atlantic storm patterns throw light on 1987 gale

May 11, 2012
The cyclone that brought about the devastating winds that battered the UK in the great storm of October 1987 was exceptional in both its strength and path across the south of the country.

Hubble sees the eye of the storm in galaxy cluster

May 5, 2012
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope could seem like a quiet patch of sky at first glance. But zooming into the central part of a galaxy cluster — one of the largest structures of the Universe — is rather like looking at the eye of the storm.

Rubber Chicken Survives High-Flying Trip Through Solar Storm

May 3, 2012
Camilla is the rubber chicken mascot for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

View from orbit of a huge white sands dust storm

May 1, 2012
It’s clear from this image of why a region in New Mexico, USA is called ‘White Sands.’ The dust plumes in this photograph taken by an astronaut on board the International Space Station show a dust storm in the White Sands National Monument. But this is a huge dust storm. ...