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Ocean Heat for Hurricane Helene

Warm water from the Loop Current helped fuel Helene as the storm approached Florida’s Big Bend region.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Ocean Heat for Hurricane Helene.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using data from the Multiscale Ultrahigh Resolution (MUR) project, VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), and storm track data from NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published September 26, 2024
Data acquired September 23, 2024