Updated Sept. 11 at 7:23 a.m. EDT with the latest imagery and video.
Hurricane Irma is now a Category 1 storm as it makes its way up the west coast of Florida, following its second landfall in Southern Florida on Sunday. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are providing satellite imagery to the National Hurricane Center to aid forecasts about Irma’s potential for destruction on the U.S. mainland after battering the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean island nations in the path of the storm. They are also tracking Hurricane Jose, a Category 4 storm behind Irma, and the now-Tropical Storm Katia in the Gulf of Mexico. [Hurricane Irma in Photos: Views of the Monster Storm from Space ]
Below are observations of Hurricane Irma in motion taken by NASA and NOAA from satellites and planes.
History of Hurricane #Irma : 1 September 2017 – 10 September 2017 #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/Z53paEmpIY
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 11, 2017
Evolution of Hurricane #Irma over the last 48 hours. #GOES16 infrared imagery. pic.twitter.com/VmLtkmdnNH
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 10, 2017
Per @NHC_Atlantic , center of #Irma is 35 miles south of Naples, moving north @ 15 MPH. Sustained winds @ 120 MPH. 1-hour #GOES16 vis loop. pic.twitter.com/EuDStKEQzB
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 10, 2017
Per @NHC_Atlantic , the center of Hurricane #Irma is about to make landfall in the Florida Keys with max sustained winds of 130 MPH. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/ZdnlFhGogr
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 10, 2017
6-hour loop showing convective trends and large horizontal extent of Hurricane #Irma . Winds currently at 120 MPH. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/l425vKSJiL
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 10, 2017
#GOES16 ABI sees Hurricane #Irma this evening. Winds currently are at 120 mph. Stay up to date with @NHC_Atlantic ! pic.twitter.com/MMyseaadu0
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 10, 2017
Hurricane #Irma seen this hour by the #GOES16 ABI Day Cloud Convection RGB. Currently has 125 mph winds – @NHC_Atlantic pic.twitter.com/xdeiGr1Bze
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 9, 2017
Hurricane #Jose will thankfully miss #Antigua and #Barbuda . Max sustained winds are at 145 MPH. Moving NW at 14 MPH. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/8z1cDNRccA
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 9, 2017
The line-up of Hurricanes #Katia , #Irma & #Jose brewing today was seen by @NASAEarth -observing satellites: https://t.co/zsxJ4SwGVV pic.twitter.com/D8qzRwsMqJ
— NASA (@NASA) September 9, 2017
Hurricane #Irma ‘s winds are at 125 MPH. Per @NHC_Atlantic guidance, expecting a northward shift to storm motion and strengthening. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/gV4eltUgLx
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 9, 2017
#GOES16 captured this geocolor animation of #Irma near the north coast of Cuba this morning. Latest info @ https://t.co/cSGOfrM0lG pic.twitter.com/EblR57aSe4
— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) September 9, 2017
Hurricane #Irma ‘s sustained winds are now down to 125 MPH. Strengthening expected. #Jose ‘s winds are at 145 MPH. 12-hour #GOES16 IR loop. pic.twitter.com/HrwZs3ZlNI
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 9, 2017
Early morning view of Hurricane #Irma from #GOES16 1-minute meso sector scans. Max sustained winds are at 130 MPH. pic.twitter.com/T4cJmzD83e
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 9, 2017
Hurricane #Irma ‘s winds are down slightly this morning (max sustained at 130 MPH), but is still a storm to take very seriously. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/Q9FPZ3i4y3
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 9, 2017
Hurricane #Irma has made landfall in Cuba as a rare category 5 storm with sustained winds of 160 MPH. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/kCjLrsRDps
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 9, 2017
#Jose has max sustained winds of 155 MPH & will come close to passing over Antigua and Barbuda – areas decimated by #Irma this week. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/hQfVXeZfaN
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 9, 2017
The space station flew over Hurricane Jose at 10:10 a.m. EDT today and over Hurricane Irma at 11:40 a.m. EDT today. pic.twitter.com/QdWMySTfyH
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) September 8, 2017
#GOES16 captured this infrared imagery of #Irma moving north of Cuba on 9/8. For the latest info on Irma, go to https://t.co/cSGOfrM0lG pic.twitter.com/5AxOrNqHBc
— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) September 8, 2017
#GOES16 day cloud phase RGB showing heights of clouds in #Irma : cyan: low clouds in eye; yellow: deep convective clouds; red: high cirrus. pic.twitter.com/eHVzNPvb0j
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 8, 2017
The horizontal extent of this storm is staggering. Latest from @NHC_Atlantic has #Irma moving W@12 MPH w/ winds of 155 MPH (cat 4). #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/NNOAWkm59k
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 9, 2017
Hurricane #Irma is maintaining a healthy “buzz saw” appearance. Winds down *slightly* to 150 MPH, but still extremely dangerous. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/kEDcarH20U
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 8, 2017
The last 4 days of Hurricane #Irma ‘s eye as seen by the #GOES16 Advanced Baseline Imager. pic.twitter.com/ppht5XoiSe
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 7, 2017
Tropical trinity: #Katia (left; 80 MPH), #Irma (center; 175 MPH), and #Jose (right; 105 MPH). Certainly a busy day for forecasters. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/ueNbmFdtC1
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 7, 2017
#GOES16 Geostationary Lightning Mapper is detecting copious amounts of lightning in #Irma ‘s eye, evidence of a strong hurricane. pic.twitter.com/pwGfYHebTF
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 7, 2017
Saint-Martin and Anguilla appear to have taken a direct hit by cat 5 Hurricane #Irma . #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/1CN1JL0GEC
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 6, 2017
Hurricane #Irma now taking aim on the Virgin Islands. Maximum sustained winds remain at 185 MPH. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/inc4PPxRBz
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 6, 2017
Rader Imagery of Hurricane Irma, taken by National Weather Service’s JUA Radar in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 10:49 A.M. AST (10:49 EDT) – 11:22 A.M. AST (11:22 EDT).
Credit: NOAA/NWS
8 am Special Advisory: #Irma is now a category 5 #hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph (280 km/h) More: https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb pic.twitter.com/QU1LWq7QsA
— NHC Atlantic Ops (@NHC_Atlantic) September 5, 2017
An overview of the active tropics: 24-hour animation of TS #Katia (left), Hurricane #Irma (center), and TS #Jose (right). #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/DiuhZP4f6y
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 6, 2017
Video of a flight through the eye of #Irma on #NOAA42 . Flights on both the WP-3D Orion and G-IV #NOAA49 continue. Credit Nick Underwood/NOAA pic.twitter.com/9ini4bOnYF
— NOAAHurricaneHunters (@NOAA_HurrHunter) September 5, 2017
Get a good look at Hurricane #Irma ‘s eye with this visible imagery from #GOES16 ! For the latest info on Irma, go to https://t.co/cSGOfrM0lG pic.twitter.com/q4Q5UtPlIP
— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) September 5, 2017
The eye of a category 5 hurricane. #Irma #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/eATVZspJZx
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 5, 2017
Editor’s Note: This article was originally posted Sept. 5 and was updated Sept. 8.
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