Satellite Image of the Day: September 29, 2004
 (click here for previous images of the day from RUSMART)

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

 Tropical Storm Jeanne makes her way up the eastern seaboard
Click on the images below for a higher-resolution (~100k) closeup of the hurricane, showing the remarkable structure of the central, most powerful area.
In all of these images, there is a small red circle marking the location of Radford University; specifically, the location of Curie Hall and the RUSMART HRPT antenna.
 

Image by NOAA-17, flyover beginning 11:34am EDT, yesterday, Sept. 28
Jeanne is still swirling around, dumping much of her accumulated water as she makes her way north.		 Image by NOAA-17, flyover beginning 11:12am EDT today, Sept. 29
Jeanne is finally starting to turn out towards sea. Unfortunately, she is not turning all that quickly.