Satellite Image of the Day: August 31
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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

Ernesto!

At the moment, Ernesto is a tropical storm. You can see this by the unconsolidated (open circle) at the center of Ernesto.
If, however, Ernesto does manage to draw power (heat) from the warm waters off of the mid-Atlantic coast, then he might re-energize and turn into a hurricane.
The image below is a false color RGB (red, green, blue) image which brings out the different cloud layers in the storm. The highest clouds are the brightest, and the lower clouds are a yellowish color.
Stay tuned.

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