On Wednesday morning the US National Hurricane Centre said that Hurricane Gaston had increased to 120mph, but it was stationary and expected to weaken. Note the clockwise circulation of Southern Hemisphere cyclones, the well-defined banding features, and the eyewall of at least a Category 1 system.
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NASA released video captured from the cameras onboard the International Space Station showing 3 hurricanes churning in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Timelapse footage from the station shows Hurricanes Lester and Madeleine in the Pacific Ocean and Hurricane Gaston in the Atlantic.
Hurricanes are potentially devastating, yet seeing them from space displays their striking glory.
Hurricane season is in full swing, with two major Pacific storms, Madeline and Lester, headed for potential landfall on Hawaii, while Hurricane Gaston charges through the Atlantic off the east coast of the United States. Now a strong category 4 storm, it has wind speeds of 130mph. Lester has started weakening but is still predicted to be a minimal hurricane with winds of about 75 miles per hour (65 knots) when it starts passing to the northeast of Hawaii on September 3, 2016.
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On Aug. 31 at 6:50 p.m. EDT (22:50 UTC) the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided a visible image of Hurricane Lester. It has a maximum sustained wind of 74 miles per hour. The greater the category, the more it is unsafe and could damage.
