#Ernesto hurricane track free#

At this time Ernesto was a tropical storm building to sustained winds near 70 mph.

The CloudSat image (bottom) shows a side-view of Ernesto on Aug. The black line shows the track that NASA's CloudSat satellite took as it passed to the right side of Ernesto's center. This data was processed by NASA's GOES Project at the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The top image is from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) to give an idea of how the storm looked from the top. EDT) as he was about to make landfall in South Carolina. These two images satellite images in the same frame are from two different satellites, giving a top-down and sideways view of Tropical Depression Ernesto, on Aug. Blue areas outside of the storm where there are either some clouds or no clouds, indicate where the sea surface shines through.ĬloudSat and GOES Satellites Get 2 Views of Ernesto EDT on Sept 1, Ernesto's heaviest rainfall was taking place over eastern North Carolina. It shows where the heaviest rainfall is taking place (in blue). The second image is created from microwave radiation emitted by Earth's atmosphere and received by the instrument. Where there are no clouds the AIRS instrument reads the infrared signal from the surface of the Earth, revealing warmer temperatures (red).Įrnesto's Heaviest Rainfall Over Eastern North Carolina Early 9/1/06 The infrared signal does not penetrate through clouds. The lowest temperatures (in purple) are associated with high, cold cloud tops that make up the top of the storm.

#Ernesto hurricane track free#

This AIRS image shows the temperature of the cloud tops or the surface of the Earth in cloud- free regions. This is an infrared image of Tropical Storm Ernesto, from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite on Sept. Dominion Virginia Power reported that about 150,000 customers lost power in the southeast part of the state, while near Richmond, 39,000 people had no power.Īn Inside Satellite Look at Ernesto's Clouds As Ernesto moved north, parts of Virginia received up to 6 inches of rain, flooding highways and knocking out power. 1, almost 80,000 people had no electricity. The strongest wind gust was 74 mph, reported at Wrightsville Beach, N.C. The National Weather Service reported that rainfall of up to 10 inches caused problems on some on North Carolina highways. Tropical Storm Ernesto did make landfall in North Carolina around 11:30 p.m. South Carolina may have missed Ernesto's landfall, but North Myrtle Beach, S.C.

What Did Ernesto Do To the Carolinas and Virginia? The National Hurricane Center expects rainfall totals of 4 to 7 inches in the Mid Atlantic states including the central Appalachians from Virginia northward through Sunday with isolated maximum storm totals of up to 12 inches possible. EDT, the center of Tropical Depression Ernesto was moving from Virginia northward to Maryland on a northern track for upstate New York. Where is Ernesto and Where is He Heading?Īs of 3:00 p.m. Ernesto is now bringing wet weather to the Mid-Atlantic and northeast for the Labor Day weekend. Ernesto was a tropical storm that made landfall in Cuba, Florida and finally North Carolina. NASA has been keeping a close eye on Tropical Depression Ernesto. Ernesto Heads North With a Rainy Path Behind Him