According to noaa s national hurricane center irma is a category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds near 130 miles per hour.
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Noaa goes 16 captured this geocolor image of irma s eye over the florida keys at approximately 9 00 am edt this morning september 10 2017.
Staff from noaa s office of marine and aviation operations and noaa s n ational geodetic survey capture these images using specialized remote sensing cameras aboard noaa aircraft primarily noaa s king air and twin otter aircraft flying above the area at an altitude between 1 500 and 5 000 feet.
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During the day the imagery looks approximately as it would appear when viewed with human eyes from space.
In addition it will be used for ongoing research efforts for testing and developing standards for airborne digital imagery.
Once the aviators shoot the imagery it is.
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The tracker also allows users to go back in time and view and interact with the satellite imagery from the past hurricanes this year.
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About this imagery was acquired by the noaa remote sensing division to support noaa homeland security and emergency response requirements.
Noaa goes 16 satellite catches irma s eye over the florida keys.
While irma was moving across northern florida most of the deep convection was located well to the northeast of the center and the strongest winds were confined to the northeast coast of florida and southeastern georgia.
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At night the blue colors represent liquid water clouds such as fog and stratus while gray to.