Satellite Image of the Day: August 2, 2007
(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

NOAA's National Hurricane Center

Satellites: NOAA-15, NOAA 16, NOAA 17 and NOAA-18, part of NOAA's 850km-high (530 mile-high) Polar Orbiting satellites

If this were over the ocean...??

If this large, fairly well consolidated "anti-cyclonic" (counterclockwise) pattern were over the ocean we would like be calling it a hurricane.
As it is, this is simply a strong, well-organized storm system.

Click on the image below for a higher-resolution (~220k) version.