***** Cyclone Sandy = Satellite Imagery and News = BLOG *****

[Coyotl]

This image should get everyone off to a good start consolidating the Sandy News and satellite image updates

Right-click the image and choose "view image" to see the 2500 pixel version = AWESOME graphic!!



If you had any doubts about the scale of frankenstorm Sandy, check out NASA's latest image to see its size compared to the entire planet. It was taken by NOAA's GOES-13 satellite this morning, October 28 at 9:02AM EDT.

Latest Hurricane Sandy’s Satellite Photos and Videos (Updating)
http://gizmodo.com/5955575/earth-photo-shows-sandys-massive-size

CHECK THE VIDEOS!!

On final edit: nhc.noaa.gov now calls this Post-Tropical Cyclone SANDY

[Coyotl]

1. Update 4: Posted new image and progress video = NASA/NOAA's GOES-13 satellite 9:10PM EDT.

Update 4: Posted new image and progress video just sent from NASA/NOAA's GOES-13 satellite, filmed tonight at 9:10PM EDT.
http://gizmodo.com/5955575/earth-photo-shows-sandys-massive-size

[Coyotl]

16. National Centers for Environmental Prediction = National Hurricane Center

National Centers for Environmental Prediction
National Hurricane Center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#SANDY

2:00 PM EDT Mon Oct 29
Location: 38.3°N 73.1°W
Moving: NW at 28 mph
Min pressure: 940 mb
Max sustained: 90 mph

Storm Surge Probabilities
Google Maps Interactive
Chance of Storm Surge >= 2 feet

[Odin2005]

2. My God, that thing reaches from Canada to Cuba!!!

[Coyotl]

3. Watch the videos. The clouds are forming over Mexico and moving east fast

across the Gulf of Mexico into the system.

[malaise]

8. Want some really bad news

Looks like another system is forming in the Atlantic and the islands better start preparing...again

[Coyotl]

4. Update 10: Latest NOAA warning as of 5:00am EDT + NEW VIDEOS

http://gizmodo.com/5955575/earth-photo-shows-sandys-massive-size

AT 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 70.5 WEST. SANDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/H. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST TONIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF SANDY WILL MOVE OVER THE COAST OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

VIDEO: Update 9: Full path of the storm till Monday, October 29, 12:40am

VIDEO: Update 7: A full day of Sandy. Time-lapse video from 22,300 miles, from 7:15am to 6:30pm EDT.

[Coyotl]

5. Sandy’s wind field has expanded ... now extends over 500 miles ... 65 dead

Hurricane Sandy’s big size presents huge problems
http://earthsky.org/earth/hurricane-sandys-big-size-presents-big-problems

The overall meteorological setup for Sandy is extremely rare. We are not just dealing with a large hurricane. We are dealing with a hurricane that is developing extratropical characteristics and becoming a mid-latitude cyclone. In most hurricanes, the strongest winds are located near the center (eyewall), but not in Sandy. Instead of storing all of the energy near the center of the storm, Sandy’s wind field has continuously expanded throughout the past 48 hours. Tropical storm force winds (39 miles per hour or higher) extend outwards over 500 miles! All of this energy is what truly alarms me. It means, for instance, that storm surge will be much greater. Also, we are talking about millions of people in the Mid-Atlantic and New England who will likely lose power and who will have strong winds in their vicinity for 24 to 48 hours.

... Hurricane Sandy is already responsible for killing 65 people in the Caribbean, with the largest death toll occurring in Haiti ....

[Coyotl]

6. Google Launches Interactive Hurricane Sandy Crisis Response Map

Google Launches Interactive Hurricane Sandy Crisis Response Map
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411491,00.asp


MAP: http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy

Google's Crisis Response team has constructed an interactive map designed to help make sense of the epic weather phenomenon.

Built upon a foundation of standard Google Maps data, the default presentation of the map offers a view of Hurricane Sandy's path, a precipitation radar overlay (with adjustable translucence), public alert zones, and Red Cross safety shelter locations represented by Google's well-known red location pins.

However, it's important to note that this isn't simply a map with static graphics and an array of clickable location pins displayed. The map's side bar features a very deep menu containing vital information for local residents and concerned observers. The sidebar controls feature traffic condition overlays, neighborhood flooding zone estimates, satellite-resolution cloud imagery, high wind probability graphics, area webcams offering a peek at real-time conditions (and associated YouTube videos), and a wealth of other information, all interactive and updated as the storm progresses.

The rich trove of aggregate data is augmented by information from the NOAA National Hurricane Center, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Weather.com, the National Weather Service, and the United States Geological Survey.

[malaise]

7. WOW!!

Stay safe DUers

[Coyotl]

9. NASA > Missions > Hurricanes = NASA's TRMM Satellite Analyzes Hurricane Sandy in 3-D

NASA's TRMM Satellite Analyzes Hurricane Sandy in 3-D
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2012/h2012_Sandy.html



NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite can measure rainfall rates and cloud heights in tropical cyclones, and was used to create an image to look into Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 28, 2012. Owen Kelly of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. created this image of Hurricane Sandy using TRMM data.

At 2:20 p.m. EDT on Sunday, Oct. 28, Hurricane Sandy was a marginal category 1 hurricane and its eyewall is modest, as TRMM reveals, which gives forecasters and scientists hints about its possible future strength.

The eyewall appeared somewhat compact with its 40 km (24.8 miles) diameter. The eyewall contained only relatively light precipitation, and none of Sandy's eyewall storm cells managed to burst through, or even reach, the tropopause which has about a 10 km (6.2 miles) height at mid-latitudes. Evidence of the weak updrafts in the eyewall comes from the fact that the TRMM radar's reflectivity stayed under 40 dBZ, a commonly cited signal strength at which updrafts can be vigorous enough to form hail and to lift smaller ice particles up through the tropopause and into the stratosphere.

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VIDEO MP4: http://www.nasa.gov/mp4/701095main_alley_east_conus.mp4
NOAA's GOES-13 satellite (Oct. 26-28, 2012) shows Hurricane Sandy move out of the Bahamas and its western clouds spread over the U.S. eastern seaboard. The circulation is evident over the Atlantic Ocean as Sandy moved northward.

[Coyotl]

10. Update 13: Comparison between Irene and Sandy. The difference is startling

Update 13: Comparison between Irene and Sandy. The difference is startling

FOLLOW LINK for the image: http://gizmodo.com/5955575/earth-photo-shows-sandys-massive-size

Update 12: Latest NOAA update keeps keeps the same prediction—it's expected to turn northwest and west-northwest later today. NOAA says that it's not going to weaken and, worse, "a little strengthening is possible."

Update 11: Latest NOAA warning as of 8:00am EDT
SANDY NOW MOVING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD AND ACCELERATING... AT 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 71.1 WEST. SANDY IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/H. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED ..........

[midnight armadillo]

11. What an infuriating waste of government money!!

If the federal government would just quit this stupid weather forecasting business the free market would provide for all the satellite imagery and forecasts we could ever want, at a lower cost.

Right? Right??!?! LOL. Actually I'm pretty certain there was an effort in Congress some time back to prevent NASA and NOAA from providing this sort of data to the public for free so that some private companies that re-package it could charge more. Rick Santorum's name might be associated with this.

Question: how many "small government" right wingers exist in a hurricane disaster zone?

[Coyotl]

12. WOW! Update 15: NASA's night shot, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)

CLICK the image to enlarge
http://gizmodo.com/5955575/earth-photo-shows-sandys-massive-size

Check out the city lights to orientate the location:


Update 15: NASA's night shot, acquired by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite around 2:42am EDT.

[Coyotl]

13. Update 17: Hurricane-force winds are expected from Chincoteague, Virginia to Chatham, Massachusetts.

Update 17: Latest NOAA update, at 11:00AM EDT
Hurricane-force winds are expected from Chincoteague, Virginia to Chatham, Massachusetts.

AT 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 71.5 WEST. SANDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/H. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED SOON...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST TONIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK... THE CENTER OF SANDY IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG OR JUST SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY COAST THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SANDY IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION INTO A FRONTAL OR WINTERTIME LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PRIOR TO LANDFALL. HOWEVER...THIS TRANSITION WILL NOT BE ACCOMPANIED BY A WEAKENING OF THE SYSTEM...AND...IN FACT...A LITTLE STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THIS PROCESS. SANDY IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AFTER MOVING INLAND.

Update 16: This is getting kind of scary—Sandy is hitting so hard that could really flood the New York City's subway system. Learn about it here

Parts of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens are already flooding and the storm isn't over the city in full force yet. That will happen around 4pm today. Take a look at these images, taken just a few minutes ago:


"The flooding in the Jamaica Bay, Queens neighborhood of Meadowmere. Courtesy of Kim Zatto

MORE IMAGES .... http://gizmodo.com/5955575/earth-photo-shows-sandys-massive-size

[WillyT]

14. K & R !!!

[Coyotl]

15. Update 20: The view from the International Space Station taken this morning

FLASH video = Go to page
http://gizmodo.com/5955575/earth-photo-shows-sandys-massive-size

Update 18: NASA/NOAA GOES-13 image taken at 11:32AM EDT


Update 19: FDR flooded

"This is the FDR Drive. It is underwater" by Mike Ryan.

[Coyotl]

17. GIZMODO site is down now. nhc.noaa.gov = Post-Tropical Cyclone SANDY

NHC is calling this one Post-Tropical Cyclone SANDY

[Coyotl]

19. Still DOWN in NYC from the storm, but UPDATES 1-44 are online.

http://updates.gizmodo.com/

REMINDER: Sandy is still active and ongoing. The National Guard has been deployed in 11 states. Check out this house ripped off its foundation by the storm surge on Row Carpenter Beach in Charlestown, Rhode Island. Please be careful. We are still updating The Story of Sandy So Far with the latest video, images and information—click here to see it:

http://gizmodoemergency.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/hello-world/

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[Coyotl]

18. Pictures and video aftermath of Hurricane Sandy

Pictures and video aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
http://earthsky.org/earth/pictures-and-video-aftermath-from-hurricane-sandy

Hurricane Sandy will likely go down as one of the costliest storms to ever hit the United States. The videos and pictures in this post show the true power of Mother Nature and how dangerous she can be. ...