Hurricane Ian battered Cuba and turned towards the west coast of Florida on Tuesday (Sept. 27) as satellites observe the harrowing storm from space.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Ian was churning throughout the Gulf of Mexico as Class 3 hurricane and being tracked by the GOES-16/GOES-East weather satellite operated by the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The satellite captured hanging video and pictures of Hurricane Ian after it crossed western Cuba.
“Re-strengthening is anticipated later at this time by way of Wednesday [Sept. 28],” NOAA’s Nationwide Hurricane Heart (NHC) officers wrote in a day update (opens in new tab). “Ian is forecast to strategy the west coast of Florida as a particularly harmful main hurricane.”
Video: See Hurricane Ian churn from International Space Station
NOAA hurricane forecasters wrote that Hurricane Ian was anticipated to cross the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday and cross west of the Florida Keys Tuesday night time. It ought to attain the west coast of Florida on Wednesday or Wednesday night time, NHC officers stated. The storm is forecast to make U.S. landfall simply south of Sarasota, Florida, Wednesday night time, according to the New York Times (opens in new tab).
TROPICAL UPDATE: @NOAA’s #GOES16🛰️ is monitoring the motion and #lightning with main #Hurricane #Ian this afternoon. Its winds have elevated to 120 mph because it continues to push by way of the Gulf of Mexico. Newest: https://t.co/tVU2sBnFSx #FLwx pic.twitter.com/ChFpLd7j4ySeptember 27, 2022
#HurricaneIan is seen about 260 miles under the space station because the storm was gaining energy south of Cuba and transferring towards Florida at round 3pm ET on Monday, Sept 26, 2022. pic.twitter.com/GNef1ptraASeptember 26, 2022
As of Tuesday afternoon, Hurricane Ian was transferring northward at about 10 mph (17 kph), with most sustained winds reaching speeds of practically 120 mph (195 kph), NHC officers stated.
Heavy rainfall was already reported throughout components of Florida, with state officers issuing evacuation orders for some coastal areas, in response to the New York Occasions.
At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral alongside Florida’s jap coast, mission managers ordered the company’s Artemis 1 moon rocket rolled back into its Vehicle Assembly Building in order that it may shelter from the approaching storm contained in the cavernous 52-story hangar.
The Artemis 1 moon rocket, NASA’s first Space Launch System booster, stands 322 toes tall (98 meters) and was ready its first uncrewed check flight after weeks of delays and two earlier launch makes an attempt.
OVER THE CARIBBEAN- @NOAA WP-3D Orion “Kermit” #NOAA42 flies into the attention of Hurricane #Ian 09.27.22. Credit score: Nick Underwood, NOAA. Go to https://t.co/Wv5xRkqsl1 for information on the storm. #FlyNOAA #Science #aviation pic.twitter.com/lUP9JMNfFDSeptember 27, 2022
“At roughly 9:15 a.m. EDT, NASA’s Area Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission had been secured contained in the Automobile Meeting Constructing on the company’s Kennedy Area Heart after a four-mile journey from Launch Pad 39B that started at 11:21 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26 forward of the arrival of Hurricane Ian,” NASA wrote in an update (opens in new tab). “After the storm has handed, groups will conduct inspections to find out impacts on the heart and set up a ahead plan for the subsequent launch try, together with changing the core stage flight termination system batteries and retesting the system to make sure it will possibly terminate the flight if essential for public security within the occasion of an emergency throughout launch.”
NASA can be monitoring Hurricane Ian from the International Space Station. On Wednesday, the space company will present dwell views of the storm at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) as seen from the orbiting laboratory.
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