Tropical Storm Alberto: Natural Hazards | NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
Tropical Storm Alberto: Natural Hazards
Author: NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
Added by: gwilliam
Added Date: 2011-07-28
Publication Date: 2006-06-13
Language: eng
Subjects: What -- Terra, What -- Earth, Where -- Florida, Where -- Georgia
Collections: nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Total Size: 3.64 MB
Extensions: torrent
Rights: Public Domain
Year: 2006
Downloads: 119
Views: 169
Total Files: 10
Media Type: image
Description
This photo-like image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ (MODIS) on the terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite on June 13, 2006, at 12:05 p.m. local time (16:05 UTC). The tropical storm at this time had an obvious a spiral structure, but the main mass of clouds was located ahead of the storm to the north and east. The storm was just half an hour from making landfall near Adams Beach, roughly 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Tallahassee.
Sustained winds in the storm system were estimated to be around 80 kilometers per hour (50 miles per hour) around the time the image was captured, according to the University of Hawaii's www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/tropical.html Tropical Storm Information Center. Rainfall totals from the storm were predicted to be as high as 20 centimeters (8 inches) in Georgia and the Carolinas. Drought-stricken Florida was looking for rain, but the heavy downpours predicted were also causing concerns about local flooding.
NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Rapid Response team.