Suomi nuclear plant satellite looks at Helene in the eye

The NASA-NOAA Suomi Nuclear Power Station overflew Helene Hurricane in the East Atlantic.

On 10 September at 10:42 EDT (14:42 UTC), the VIIRS instrument (Visible Infrared Radiography) was loaded aboard the Suomi satellite of the Suomi nuclear power plant. The VIIRS images showed that the eye was wide about 20 nautical miles.

The next day, September 11, NOAA's National Hurricane Center noted that another satellite image of Helene was showing a well-developed closed-eye wall and a strong band of thunderstorms. with cold clouds of -104 ° C / min 76 wrap around the south across the eastern quadrants of the cyclone.

On September 11, at 0500 EDT (9 am CT), Hurricane Helene's center was located near latitude 16.0 degrees North and longitude 33.6 degrees West. It is about 995 km to the west of the southernmost Cabo Verde Islands and about 2,570 km to the south-southwest of the Azores.

Maximum sustained winds are near 110 mph (175 km / h) with higher gusts. Reinforcement is possible in the next 12 hours, but a progressive weakening trend is expected after this period.

Helene moves to the west-northwest near 14 mph (22 km / h), and this movement is expected to continue with a decrease in speed toward the front tonight. A turn to the northwest and north-northwest is expected on Wednesday, September 12 and Thursday, September 13.

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