The International Space Station flew over Hurricane Helene at 2:25 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, as it approached the Gulf Coast of Florida packing winds in excess of 120 miles an hour. pic.twitter.com/J1iU0Iztpx
— International Space Station (@Space_Station) September 26, 2024
#Hurricane #Helene is now a Category 4 hurricane with max winds of 130 mph. If it maintains that intensity until landfall, it would be the first Cat. 4+ hurricane on record to make landfall in Florida's Big Bend on record (since 1851). Prior record – Cedar Key (1896) – 125 mph. pic.twitter.com/DvPNXIMLSB
— Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) September 26, 2024
Now that Helene's eyewall has significantly improved in structure, fully closed and surrounded by vigorous convection, its pressure has begun decreasing at its fastest rate yet. Intensification is expected to continue through landfall. pic.twitter.com/g0Q2aXtPst
— Tomer Burg (@burgwx) September 26, 2024
Radar data continues to suggest that the eyewall is increasingly dominating the secondary band that had been preventing consolidation of the inner core wind field. Simultaneously, subsidence warming in the eye is strengthening leading to a clearer eye on IR imagery. This probably… pic.twitter.com/ehDZlpWbjJ
— Dr. Levi Cowan (@TropicalTidbits) September 26, 2024
