Satellite: NOAA-17, one of NOAA's 850km-high (530 mile-high) Polar Orbiting satellites.
August 13, 2004; flyover beginning 12:21pm EDT
Hurricane Charley
Hurricane Charley works his way up the western coast of Florida.
His path is dictated by many factors, including the jet stream dipping down out of Canada (seen here as the clear-sky area over the US heartland).
As discussed in Kevin Myatt's weather column in the Roanoke Times, the presence of the jet stream drove Bonnie (now just a soggy memory) quickly over the Florida panhandle, and is now driving Charley up the western Florida coast.
The jet stream is also responsible for the stalled front seen as the bank of clouds over the eastern US.
It remains to be seen if the jet stream will push Charley out to sea quickly, or if Charley will make his way up the eastern seaboard.
Note: On the larger version of the image below, a very small eye can be seen. According to the Aug. 13 1pm advisory from the National Hurricane Center,
"RECENT REPORTS FROM A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT THE
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 125 MPH...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS...CATEGORY THREE ON THE SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE
SCALE.  THESE STRONGEST WINDS ARE CONFINED TO A SMALL AREA WITHIN A
FEW MILES FROM CHARLEYS CENTER. "
This eye may be small, but it's quite powerful.
Click on the image below for a larger (100k) version.