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Satellite: NOAA-15,
one of NOAA's 850km-high (530 mile-high) Polar
Orbiting satellites.
August 14, 2004; flyover beginning 7:47apm EDT
Hurricane Charley--Category
4 Intensity
Hurricane Charley works his way up the eastern coast of the U.S.
In the image to the left, note the sharp boundary of the cold front--e.g. over
the Appalachians--sweeping down out of the central U.S.
This front is driven by the jet stream and is pushing up against Charley,
keeping Charley from moving inland.
Charley's counterclockwise rotation is also serving to sweep warmer (warm
front), wet air in from the mid-Atlantic over the New England region.
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The jet stream continues to keep Charley from moving
inland. However, if Charley were to move inland, then he could no longer draw heat energy from the warm ocean surface to fuel his intensity. So this is a two-edged bit of news. Click on the image below for a larger (100k) version. |
The small but intense eye of Charley can be seen in this
image. Click on the image below for a larger (100k) version. |
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