A hurricane track will only appear if there is an active storm in the atlantic or eastern pacific regions.
Latest satellite images hurricane lane.
The satellite takes images of the earth below and streams it down to the station in real time.
See the latest enhanced weather satellite map including areas of cloud cover.
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Launch web map in new window this tracker shows the current view from our goes east and goes west satellites.
If you are looking for high resolution photographic quality satellite imagery of hurricanes and other storms please visit nesdis.
The ineractive map makes it easy to navitgate around the globe.
Hurricane lane has strengthened to a category 5 storm as it heads toward hawaii where residents are bracing for life threatening winds and flooding when it hits the us islands this week.
Hurricane lane in pictures.
Each station therefore receives the images of the areas around it.
The tracker also allows users to go back in time and view and interact with the satellite imagery from the past hurricanes this year.
Unless otherwise noted the images linked from this page are located on servers at the satellite products and services division spsd of the national environmental satellite data and information service nesdis.
Latest satellite imagery text standard version of this page.
The suomi npp satellite which is jointly run by nasa and noaa caught this image of hurricane lane during its brief period as a category 5 storm.
The station s antenna points toward the satellite and tracks it for as long as it can until it moves out of range.
As it came closer to land the hurricane s wind.
This is called the station s coverage circle and you can see it drawn.
Live view of tropical storm lane s path through the pacific.