Hurricane watch from space

Image Credit to NASA

This series of images taken by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite chronicles the development and decay of the first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Bertha. TRMM (a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency, JAXA) sees both the swirling clouds and bands of rain that define the structure of the storm with its combination of passive microwave and active radar sensors.
As shown by the images, Hurricane Bertha continued to drift towards Bermuda from July 4 to July 13. The center of Bertha passed the east of the island on July 14, bringing tropical-storm-force winds that knocked out power on the island. The storm also produced dangerous rip currents along the east coast of the United States. As of July 15, Bertha was expected to strengthen slightly as it pulls away from Bermuda off to the north-northeast.