Satellite images of tornados

[tszanon]

Where can i find satellite images of tornados and hurricanes, like the one attached?

[Nano Geek]

I don't think that you could find a satellite photo of a tornado as they form below the clouds. As for hurricanes, you could try Wikipedia and search for hurricane.

[tszanon]

I should have been more specific. I would like to see something like up-to-date images. For example, if yesterday a new hurricane showed up, where can I find some satellite images of it? I think one of the sats that monitor (and photographs) this kind of thing is the G.O.E.S. satellite (I think that's how it's called), but I'm not sure. I searched for some sites that would show some pictures, but all I found was computer-made images.

Edit: tornado, twister, hurricane...sorry, I thought they were all the same.

[GStubbs43]

like this?
http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/

[tszanon]

According to google cache, yes, that's what I want. But I'm a little unlucky, because it seems to be offline. :(

Thanks!!

[GStubbs43]

According to google cache, yes, that's what I want. But I'm a little unlucky, because it seems to be offline. :(
Hm, it works fine for me. :-k



Thanks!!
no problem. :D

[steveneddy]

Where can i find satellite images of tornados and hurricanes, like the one attached?

NOAA sat images

Google images

Look here. (http://www.realclearwx.com/march28.htm)

[reyfer]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/main/index.html

[samjh]

Your weather authority should provide reasonably up-to-date satellite images of weather phenomena in their area of responsibility.

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology for example, provides satellite images and radar snapshots at various points around the country every 6 to 12 hours.

[tszanon]

I just noticed that anything related to the nasa.gov domain just can't be reached, not even www.nasa.gov. Maybe the connection is broken, maybe they're just blocking me for some reason (I must say that the entire IP range that my provider uses for ADSL is blacklisted, at least for mail servers).

Your weather authority should provide reasonably up-to-date satellite images of weather phenomena in their area of responsibility.
That's a good advice for certain, but, unfortunately (or not), here in Brazil we don't have hurricanes, so my weather autority probably won't help much in this case. Thanks, anyway. :)