NASA is monitoring Hurricane Helene’s strategy to Florida’s jap coast right now, the place it’s anticipated to make landfall as a devastating Class 3 storm tonight (Sept. 26) and you may see the gorgeous views on-line.
Cameras on the Worldwide Area Station captured stream reside views of Hurricane Helene at 12:50 p.m. EDT (1650 GMT) for about 8 minutes because the ISS soared excessive over the storm and the southeastern United States. You possibly can watch video on NASA’s YouTube feed or by way of the company’s NASA+ streaming service, in addition to within the window above.
“That is the most effective move that we’ve got over Helene right now accompanied by downlink from the Worldwide Area Station,” NASA spokesperson Rob Navias stated in reside commentary. “In consequence, we thought it could be useful to deliver you these views in actual time Because the Worldwide Area Station passes over the system.”
Hurricane Helene is forecast to make landfall late Thursday night over Florida’s Large Bend area of its jap coast. The storm will hit land “as a significant hurricane, however NOAA’s Nationwide Climate Service is alerting communities that Helene’s flooding rainfall and excessive winds will not be restricted to the Gulf Coast and are anticipated to journey a whole bunch of miles inland,” officers with the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned in a press release late Wednesday (Sept. 25).
“The system is likely one of the largest ever to kind within the Gulf of Mexico,” Navias stated.
As of 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT), Helene’s hurricane-force winds prolonged out to 60 miles (95 km) from its middle, with tropical-storm-force winds reaching out about 345 miles (555 km), in keeping with a Nationwide Hurricane Middle replace.
“Even nicely earlier than landfall, heavy rainfall will start in parts of the southeastern United States and can proceed to maneuver northward into the southern Appalachian area by way of Friday, the place storm complete rainfall quantities are forecast to be as much as 18 inches,” NOAA officers warned.
Climate satellites are monitoring Hurricane Helene from area to file its strategy to Florida’s coast.
As of noon Thursday, Hurricane Helene was positioned about 255 miles (405 kilometers) southwest of Tampa, Florida with most sustained windspeeds of about 105 mph (165 kph), and was shifting north northeast at a pace of about 14 mph (22 kph), in keeping with an replace from NOAA’s Nationwide Hurricane Middle.
Along with the storm and flooding risk posed by Helene, the storm has additionally compelled NASA and SpaceX to postpone the deliberate launch of a brand new crew to the Worldwide Area Station.
SpaceX pushed its Crew-9 astronaut launch for NASA to no earlier then Saturday (Sept. 28), again two days from Sept. 26, because of the storm’s strategy. The mission will launch NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov to the station on a crew rotation, and can return to Earth in February with each males and Boeing Starliner astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore.
Liftoff is at the moment scheduled for 1:17 p.m. EDT (1717 GMT) on Sept. 26.
NASA’s Rob Navias stated the ISS will make second and extra direct move over Hurricane Helene at 2:25 p.m. EDT (1825 GMT), when it’ll seize about 5 minutes price of views. That flyover will not be livestreamed reside, however will likely be recorded and launched by way of the NASA+ streaming service and different social media channels.
“For now, keep secure on the market,” Navias stated.
Editor’s observe: This story was up to date at 1:15 p.m. EDT to incorporate new views of and feedback on Hurricane Helene from NASA’s ISS flyover.
