Hurricane Ian battered Cuba and turned towards the west coast of Florida on Tuesday (Sept. 27) as satellites observe the harrowing storm from area.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Ian was churning throughout the Gulf of Mexico as Class 3 hurricane and being tracked by the GOES-16/GOES-East climate satellite tv for pc operated by the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The satellite tv for pc captured hanging video and pictures of Hurricane Ian after it crossed western Cuba.
“Re-strengthening is anticipated later in the present day by Wednesday [Sept. 28],” NOAA’s Nationwide Hurricane Heart (NHC) officers wrote in a day replace (opens in new tab). “Ian is forecast to method the west coast of Florida as a particularly harmful main hurricane.”
Video: See Hurricane Ian churn from Worldwide Area Station
NOAA hurricane forecasters wrote that Hurricane Ian was anticipated to cross the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday and cross west of the Florida Keys Tuesday night time. It ought to attain the west coast of Florida on Wednesday or Wednesday night time, NHC officers mentioned. The storm is forecast to make U.S. landfall simply south of Sarasota, Florida, Wednesday night time, in response to the New York Occasions (opens in new tab).
Hurricane Ian is seen as a strong Class 3 storm within the Gulf of Mexico on Sept. 27, 2022 on this picture from NOAA’s GOES 16 satellite tv for pc. (Picture credit score: NOAA)
TROPICAL UPDATE: @NOAA’s #GOES16🛰️ is monitoring the motion and #lightning with main #Hurricane #Ian this afternoon. Its winds have elevated to 120 mph because it continues to push by the Gulf of Mexico. Newest: https://t.co/tVU2sBnFSx #FLwx pic.twitter.com/ChFpLd7j4ySeptember 27, 2022
#HurricaneIan is seen about 260 miles under the area station because the storm was gaining power south of Cuba and transferring towards Florida at round 3pm ET on Monday, Sept 26, 2022. pic.twitter.com/GNef1ptraASeptember 26, 2022
As of Tuesday afternoon, Hurricane Ian was transferring northward at about 10 mph (17 kph), with most sustained winds reaching speeds of almost 120 mph (195 kph), NHC officers mentioned.
Heavy rainfall was already reported throughout components of Florida, with state officers issuing evacuation orders for some coastal areas, in response to the New York Occasions.
At NASA’s Kennedy Area Heart in Cape Canaveral alongside Florida’s jap coast, mission managers ordered the company’s Artemis 1 moon rocket rolled again into its Automobile Meeting Constructing in order that it might shelter from the approaching storm contained in the cavernous 52-story hangar.
The Artemis 1 moon rocket, NASA’s first Area Launch System booster, stands 322 toes tall (98 meters) and was ready its first uncrewed take a look at flight after weeks of delays and two earlier launch makes an attempt.
Artemis 1 rolls again to the Automobile Meeting Constructing at NASA’s Kennedy Area Heart Sept. 27, 2022 resulting from Hurricane Ian. (Picture credit score: NASA/Joel Kowsky)
OVER THE CARIBBEAN- @NOAA WP-3D Orion “Kermit” #NOAA42 flies into the attention of Hurricane #Ian 09.27.22. Credit score: Nick Underwood, NOAA. Go to https://t.co/Wv5xRkqsl1 for information on the storm. #FlyNOAA #Science #aviation pic.twitter.com/lUP9JMNfFDSeptember 27, 2022
“At roughly 9:15 a.m. EDT, NASA’s Area Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission have been secured contained in the Automobile Meeting Constructing on the company’s Kennedy Area Heart after a four-mile journey from Launch Pad 39B that started at 11:21 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26 forward of the arrival of Hurricane Ian,” NASA wrote in an replace (opens in new tab). “After the storm has handed, groups will conduct inspections to find out impacts on the heart and set up a ahead plan for the subsequent launch try, together with changing the core stage flight termination system batteries and retesting the system to make sure it may terminate the flight if obligatory for public security within the occasion of an emergency throughout launch.”
NASA can be monitoring Hurricane Ian from the Worldwide Area Station. On Wednesday, the area company will present dwell views of the storm at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) as seen from the orbiting laboratory.
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