Satellite Image of the Day: August 19, 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

Hurricane Dean

Hurricane Dean is just hitting Cuba at this moment (Sunday, August 19, 2pm).
However, Jamaica its true target, and can just barely be seen at the western periphery of Dean.
NOAA-17 was right above the hurricane when it took these images.
Note the open ocean that you can see by looking straight down through the eye of the hurricane.

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False color image--tries to approximate what may really be seen.	RGB image--note how the cloud layers are revealed.