Hurricane Katrina Satellite Imagery

Katrina s maximum windspeeds at landfall near grand isle la may have been as high as 140mph.

Hurricane katrina satellite imagery.

The regions photographed range from grand isle louisiana to gulf shores alabama. Please direct all questions and comments regarding goes e goes 16 images to. Max wind speed 175mph. Satellite images and tracking maps of category 5 major hurricane katrina 2005 august 23 31.

The imagery posted on this site is of the gulf coast of louisiana mississippi and alabama after hurricane katrina made landfall. Hurricane katrina goes e satellite animation infrared imagery. Hurricane katrina 12 45z august 29 2005 about 40 miles southeast of new orleans louisiana and about 65 miles southwest of biloxi mississippi. Tropical storm katrina had just become the eleventh named storm of the 2005 atlantic hurricane season when the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer on nasa s terra satellite captured this image on august 24 2005 at 11 50 a m eastern daylight savings time.

Unless otherwise noted the images linked from this page are located on servers at the satellite products and services division spsd of the national environmental satellite data and information service nesdis. Hurricane katrina operational significant event images. Noaa hurricane katrina satellite image of hurricane katrina overlaying a thermal display of sea surface temperatures for the caribbean sea and atlantic ocean august 27 2005. It is estimated that 80 90 approximately 104 119mph of the maximum.

The aerial photograph missions were conducted by the noaa remote sensing division the day after katrina made landfall august 30 and concluded september 9. The storm formed late on august 23 and developed quickly into a tropical. Hurricane katrina inside eyewall of hurricane katrina shortly before the storm struck louisiana august 2005.