NOAA Image of the Day
Hurricane Dora Forms in the East Pacific
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Dora, the first named storm of the 2017 Central Pacific Hurricane Season, yesterday, June 25, 2017. According to the last report from NOAA's National Hurricane Center, Dora is located about about 175 miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, has maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour, and is moving toward the west-northwest near 13 mph. Forecasters expect the storm to remain offshore of southwestern Mexico, however, it is expected to produce rain accumulations of 1 to 2 inches along coastal sections of the Mexican states of Guerrero and Michoacan through this evening.
Courtesy of NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory
