Satellite Image of the Day: September 26, 2004
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NOAA's Hydrometeorologial Prediction Center (HPC) "Daily National Forecast" image shows a daily national weather prediction

Satellites: NOAA-15 and NOAA-17, part of NOAA's 850km-high (530 mile-high) Polar Orbiting satellites

 Hurricane Jeanne right over Florida
 Image by NOAA-17, flyover beginning 12:20pm EDT.
Jeanne made a rare extra turn and, after initially heading out towards the middle of the Atlantic, she turned back around and re-emerged as a full hurricane.
NOTE: This image was produced as a "false color RGB" image to bring out the structure of the cloud formations.
In these images, the highest and coldest clouds are the whitest, while lower and warmer clouds are yellow.
The land is unnaturally green--this is an artifact showing the relative warmth of land.
Click on the image below for a higher-resolution (~160k) closeup of the hurricane, showing the remarkable structure of the central, most powerful area.