According to the Finnish Nuclear Power Plant satellite, Florence will become a major hurricane
NASA-NOAA’s Finnish nuclear power plant overtook the intensifying Florence hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean and detected strong thunderstorms in a more organized storm.
Florence became the third hurricane of the Atlantic season on September 4 at 11 a.m. EDT and further strengthened in the first major hurricane of the season at 8:35 a.m. EDT on Sept. 5.
On September 5, at 1:06 a.m. EDT (0506 UTC), the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on NASA-NOAA’s Finland nuclear power plant satellite took an infrared image of Hurricane Florence.
The infrared image provided the forecasters with temperature data showing where the strongest storms were located in the hurricane. The coldest clouds and strongest storms were around the center of rotation, and a thick thunderstorm surrounded the northern quarter, where the temperature was as cold or colder than minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 56.6 degrees Celsius). NASA research has shown that storms where the cloudy temperature is cold can produce heavy rains.
On September 5, at 8:35 a.m. EDT (0900 UTC), the center of Hurricane Florence was located near 21.7 degrees north and 45.2 degrees west. It is 1,185 miles (1910 km) east and northeast of the North Leeward Islands.
Florence is temporarily moving towards the northwest near 20 km / h. A turn back to the west-northwest is expected later today, and this general movement is expected to continue as Florenceās forward speed declines over the weekend.
Recent satellite imagery shows that Florence is still strengthening and is now a major hurricane. The maximum wind is estimated to be 120 mph (195 km / h).
NASA sees the tropical storm in Florence still feeling the cut
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