National Hurricane Center - Tropical Satellite Imagery
Latest Satellite Imagery
Please Note: These images do not originate from the NHC website. The loop animations require Java or Flash.
Unless otherwise noted, the images linked from this page are located on servers at the Satellite Services Division (SSD) of the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS).
Please direct all questions and comments regarding these images to the NESDIS SSD at SSDWebmaster@noaa.gov and NESDIS Satellite Analysis Branch (SAB) at SABWebmaster@noaa.gov.
Several satellite enhancements are available for the images. To learn more about satellite imagery, The GOES Imager Tutorial and the Satellite Imagery FAQ are available to answer your questions.
If you are looking for high resolution, photographic quality satellite imagery of hurricanes and other storms please visit NOAA's Environmental Visualization Laboratory.
General Satellite Status Messages, including Outages
SSD Tropical Satellite Imagery System Status
GOES-East/West Hurricane Sectors
Atlantic |
East Pacific Visible - Flash IR - Flash Water Vapor - Flash |
Gulf of Mexico Visible - Flash IR - Flash Water Vapor - Flash |
East Coast US Visible - Flash IR - Flash Water Vapor - Flash |
GOES Floater Imagery – 30 minute updates
Atlantic Floater 1 Not Active Visible Image - Java - Flash IR AVN Image - Java - Flash IR Shortwave Image - Java - Flash IR Dvorak* Image - Java - Flash IR Unenhanced Image - Java - Flash IR JSL Image - Java - Flash IR RGB Image - Java - Flash IR Funktop Image - Java - Flash IR Rainbow Image - Java - Flash Water Vapor Image - Java - Flash |
Atlantic Floater 2 Not Active Visible Image - Java - Flash IR AVN Image - Java - Flash IR Shortwave Image - Java - Flash IR Dvorak* Image - Java - Flash IR Unenhanced Image - Java - Flash IR JSL Image - Java - Flash IR RGB Image - Java - Flash IR Funktop Image - Java - Flash IR Rainbow Image - Java - Flash Water Vapor Image - Java - Flash |
Atlantic Floater 3 Not Active Visible Image - Java - Flash IR AVN Image - Java - Flash IR Shortwave Image - Java - Flash IR Dvorak* Image - Java - Flash IR Unenhanced Image - Java - Flash IR JSL Image - Java - Flash IR RGB Image - Java - Flash IR Funktop Image - Java - Flash IR Rainbow Image - Java - Flash Water Vapor Image - Java - Flash |
Atlantic Floater 4 Not Active Visible Image - Java - Flash IR AVN Image - Java - Flash Shortwave IR Image - Java - Flash IR Dvorak* Image - Java - Flash IR Unenhanced Image - Java - Flash IR JSL Image - Java - Flash IR RGB Image - Java - Flash IR Funktop Image - Java - Flash IR Rainbow Image - Java - Flash Water Vapor Image - Java - Flash |
East Pacific Floater 1 Not Active Visible Image - Java - Flash IR AVN Image - Java - Flash IR Shortwave Image - Java - Flash IR Dvorak* Image - Java - Flash IR Unenhanced Image - Java - Flash IR JSL Image - Java - Flash IR RGB Image - Java - Flash IR Funktop Image - Java - Flash IR Rainbow Image - Java - Flash Water Vapor Image - Java - Flash |
East Pacific Floater 2 Not Active Visible Image - Java - Flash IR AVN Image - Java - Flash IR Shortwave Image - Java - Flash IR Dvorak* Image - Java - Flash IR Unenhanced Image - Java - Flash IR JSL Image - Java - Flash IR RGB Image - Java - Flash IR Funktop Image - Java - Flash IR Rainbow Image - Java - Flash Water Vapor Image - Java - Flash |
East Pacific Floater 3 Not Active Visible Image - Java - Flash IR AVN Image - Java - Flash IR Shortwave Image - Java - Flash IR Dvorak* Image - Java - Flash IR Unenhanced Image - Java - Flash IR JSL Image - Java - Flash IR RGB Image - Java - Flash IR Funktop Image - Java - Flash IR Rainbow Image - Java - Flash Water Vapor Image - Java - Flash |
East Pacific Floater 4 Not Active Visible Image - Java - Flash IR AVN Image - Java - Flash IR Shortwave Image - Java - Flash IR Dvorak* Image - Java - Flash IR Unenhanced Image - Java - Flash IR JSL Image - Java - Flash IR RGB Image - Java - Flash IR Funktop Image - Java - Flash IR Rainbow Image - Java - Flash Water Vapor Image - Java - Flash |
*The Dvorak Technique and Descriptions of the Image Enhancements are available | |
Atlantic ViewsGOES-East
Atlantic Wide View
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Pacific ViewsGOES-East
Eastern East Pacific
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NOAA Satellite Services Division (SSD) Imagery
If you are experiencing difficulties accessing the images, try these sites:
- ERS-2 Scatterometer Winds
- QuikSCAT Scatterometer Winds
- More AMSU Products from CIRA
- RAMSDIS Online - Tropical
- NASA Global Hydrology and Climate Center
- The Geostationary Satellite Server - Tropical Page
- NCAR-RAP Real Time Weather Data (CONUS Only)
- NOAA/NESDIS Office of Research and Applications FPDT
- NOAA/NESDIS ORA Storm Centered Derived Winds
- University of Wisconsin CIMSS Tropical Cyclones
Satellite images courtesy of NESDIS Satellite Services Division (NOAA).
IR CIMMS color images, where noted, are courtesy of CIMSS University of Wisconsin-Madison.
HURSAT: Past Hurricane Satellite Imagery through Google Earth (kmz)
The purpose of the HURSAT project is to provide Tropical Cyclone-"centric" satellite data. The goal is to keep data small and portable. In doing so, HURSAT data are
gridded and stored using the netCDF file format.
All HURSAT imagery are now available for viewing in Google Earth. In addition to being a simple way to
view all tropical cyclone imagery, it also makes Basic Dvorak (BD) imagery available for analysis of tropical cyclone intensities using the Objective Dvorak Technique.
For more information on HURSAT, please visit http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/hursat/index.php