GPM Reveals Eyewall in Hurricane Simon
Featured Article Order: 79Summary: Hurricane Simon appeared to be keeping a secret before it rapidly intensified on Oct. 4, but the Global Precipitation Measurement or GPM satellite was able uncover...
View ArticleGPM Flies Over Hurricane Gonzalo
Featured Article Order: 81Summary: On October 16th, 2014 (1342 UTC) the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission's Core Observatory flew over Hurricane Gonzalo as it headed towards Bermuda....
View ArticleAna Threatens Hawaiian Islands
News Image: Post Date: Friday, October 17, 2014Tropical storm Ana, that formed southeast of the Hawaiian islands on October 13, 2014, will be the third tropical cyclone to threaten the island chain...
View ArticlePowerful Hurricane Gonzalo Menacing Bermuda
News Image: Post Date: Friday, October 17, 2014Hurricane Gonzalo formed south-southeast of Puerto Rico on October 12, 2014 and was upgraded to a hurricane the following day. Gonzalo became increasingly...
View ArticleRainfall From Hurricane Fay and Gonzalo
News Image: Post Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2014Hurricane Fay battered Bermuda on October 12, 2014. The following Friday powerful Hurricane Gonzalo passed directly over the island on Friday October 17,...
View ArticleHurricane Ana Bypasses But Soaks Hawaiian Islands
News Image: Post Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2014Fortunately for Hawaii hurricane Ana passed to the south of the islands. This meant that for the third time this year the Hawaiian Islands were spared...
View ArticleHurricane Vance Weakening, Heading Toward Mexico
News Image: Post Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2014The TRMM satellite flew over hurricane Vance on November 2014 at 0953 UTC. Rainfall derived from TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) data collected with that...
View ArticleTRMM Mission Comes to and End
Mission Affiliation: TRMMKeywords: TRMMtropical cyclonesHurricaneshot towersMajor Category: TRMMVideo Embed: In 1997 when the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM, was launched, its mission was...
View ArticleGPM Flys Above Subtropical Storm Ana
News Image: Post Date: Friday, May 8, 2015 During the past few days subtropical storm Ana was developing off the southeastern coast of the United States. Yesterday and today the GPM core observatory...
View ArticleHurricane Blanca Seen Traveling to Baja
News Image: Post Date: Friday, June 5, 2015After moving very little for the last few days hurricane Blanca has again started to move toward the Baja Peninsula. The GPM core observatory satellite passed...
View ArticleIMERG Measures Record Rainfall From Hurricane Delores Remnants
News Image: Post Date: Monday, July 20, 2015Moisture pumping into southern California and the Desert Southwest from the remnants of hurricane Dolores has caused record July rainfall. This rainfall may...
View ArticleHurricane Guillermo Heads Toward Hawaii
Post Date: Friday, July 31, 2015News Image: On July 29, 2015 tropical depression Nine-E formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean well southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. The tropical...
View ArticleHurricane Hilda Weakening, Heads Toward Hawaii
Post Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2015News Image: Three days ago Hilda was a category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale with winds of 120 kts (138 mph). Hilda has been weakening...
View ArticleHow Does NASA Study Hurricanes?
Featured Article Order: 99Summary: Hurricanes are the most powerful weather event on Earth. NASA’s expertise in space and scientific exploration contributes to essential services provided to the...
View ArticleHurricane Loke Viewed By GPM
Post Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2015News Image: This year the Eastern Pacific Ocean continues to spawn significant tropical cyclones. Hurricane Loke formed southwest of the Hawaiian Islands on August...
View ArticleIgnacio Expected To Pass Near Hawaii
Post Date: Thursday, August 27, 2015News Image: Hurricane Ignacio is the latest tropical cyclone in this busy 2015 eastern Pacific hurricane season to pose potential danger for the Hawaiian Islands....
View ArticleJoaquin Becomes a Hurricane, Could Impact the US East Coast
Post Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015News Image: Joaquin, which became a tropical storm Monday evening (EDT) midway between the Bahamas and Bermuda, has now formed into a hurricane, the 3rd of the...
View ArticleIMERG Measures Historic Rainfall With A Nor'easter and Joaquin
Post Date: Monday, October 5, 2015News Image: NASA's Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) data were used to estimate the historic amount of rain that fell during the past week in the...
View ArticleGPM Checks on Cat 4 Hurricane Olaf
Post Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2015News Image: On October 19, 2015 Hurricane Olaf became the eighth category four hurricane in the busy 2015 Eastern Pacific hurricane season. The GPM core observatory...
View ArticleGPM Sees Patricia Becoming A Hurricane
Post Date: Thursday, October 22, 2015News Image: During the night tropical storm Patricia became much better organized and was upgraded to a hurricane. The GPM core observatory satellite flew above the...
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