Satellite Sees Four Tropical Cyclones and Remnants Today (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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There are four tropical cyclones or remnants in the Atlantic and eastern United States today, Sept. 8, 2011, and one satellite has captured all four in the tropics: Katia, Lee, Maria and Nate. An animation of NOAA satellite observations from Sept. 5 at 11:15 a.m. EDT through Sept. 8 at 10:45 a.m. EDT shows Hurricane Katia in the western Atlantic between Bermuda and the U.S. East coast; Tropical Storm Lee's remnants affecting the northeastern U.S.; Tropical Storm Maria moving west from the central Atlantic; and newborn Tropical Storm Nate in the Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico. The GOES-13 cloud images are overlaid on a true-color NASA/MODIS map. Storm data from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite.

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TRT 00:34 Super(s): Courtesy: NASA/NOAA GOES Project Center Contact: Rob Gutro (301) 286-4044 HQ Contact: Steve Cole (202) 358-0918 For more information: www.nasa.gov/hurricane, twitter.com/NASAHurricane

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