Satellite View Of Hurricane Ike

Synopsis ike evolved from a tropical disturbance that moved off the west coast of africa at the end of august.

Satellite view of hurricane ike.

The center of the hurricane was near 23 8 degrees north latitude and 85 3 degrees west longitude moving 300. 2008 hurricane ike was still a category 4 storm on the morning of sept. Max wind speed 145mph. Hurricane ike aɪ k was a powerful tropical cyclone that swept through portions of the greater antilles and northern america in september 2008 wreaking havoc on infrastructure and agriculture particularly in cuba and texas ike took a similar track to the 1900 galveston hurricane the ninth tropical storm fifth hurricane and third major hurricane of the 2008 atlantic hurricane season.

Satellite iss images of hurricane ike. Moving west northwest ike strengthened into a hurricane on the afternoon of september 3rd and. Time lapse radar of hurricane ike as it passes through galveston and houston texas. The effects of hurricane ike in texas were crippling and long lasting.

Unless otherwise noted the images linked from this page are located on servers at the satellite products and services division spsd of the national environmental satellite data and information service nesdis. The depression quickly strengthened into a tropical storm later that afternoon. Hurricane ike sprawls over much of the gulf of mexico in this photo like image taken by the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer on nasa s terra satellite at 12 25 p m. 4 when this photo was taken from the international space station s vantage point of 220 miles above the earth.

Please direct all questions and comments regarding goes e goes 16 images to. Hurricane ike also had a long term impact on the u s. 36 hours of radar were compressed into 29 seconds. The storm was a category 2.

Trmm tropical rainfall measuring mission spacecraft observed this view of hurricane ike on september 10 2008 at 1745 utc. 2008 this picture of hurricane ike from earlier today was downlinked by the crew of the international space station flying 220 statute miles above earth. Cdt on september 13 2008 category 2 hurricane ike caused extensive damage in texas with sustained winds of. This video was create.

Edt on september 11 2008 in a public advisory issued at 1 00 p m the national hurricane center warned that ike was a category 2 hurricane with winds of 160 kilometers per hour 100 miles per hour and that. Ike s effects included deaths widespread damage and impacts to the price and availability of oil and gas. Satellite images and tracking maps of category 4 major hurricane ike 2008 september 1 15. View of hurricane ike from space station.