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The Florida Air Museum displays the cockpit of Lockheed WP-3D Orion, as used by the by the Hurricane Center of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Acting as flying laboratories, the aircraft are crewed by pilots, navigators, meteorologists, engineers and other technicians to gather data for further scientific analysis. The NOAA Hurricane Center has earned kudos for the accuracy of its hurricane tracking forecasts.

An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircrew flies into Hurricane Douglas to collect weather data by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

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KONA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Hawaii (July 24, 2020) - An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircrew flies into Hurricane Douglas July 24, 2020, to collect weather data to assist the Central Pacific Hurricane Center with their forecasts. The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, assigned to the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, departed July 22 to conduct operations out of Barbers Point Kapolie Airport, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Marnee A.C. Losurdo) 200724-F-IL418-1085

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Gulf Coast Braces for Tropical Storm Barry by NOAASatellites

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Tropical Storm Barry, seen here by GOES East on July 12, 2019, at 9 a.m. ET is strengthening over the warm waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Barry is expected to begin tracking toward the northwest later today and turn north on Saturday before making landfall.

“Barry is expected to be a hurricane when the center reaches the Louisiana coast,” the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned in its 11 a.m. update.

While Barry could still reach hurricane strength before landfall, heavy rainfall and storm surge remain the biggest threats. Parts of south-central and southeast Louisiana, as well as parts of southwest Mississippi, could see total rainfall of accumulations of 10-20 inches, according to the NHC. This could lead to dangerous, life-threatening flooding in these areas. Hurricane and storm surge watches and warnings are already in effect for much of the region.

While Barry doesn’t have the typical presentation of a tropical cyclone on satellite loops at this time, a National Hurricane Center spokesman noted that the latest imagery “suggests the convection is beginning to wrap more around the center.”

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Clouds Associated with Tropical Disturbance Bubble Up Over Louisiana by NOAASatellites

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Clouds associated with a tropical disturbance bubbled up over the Gulf Coast on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. The high cloud tops over Louisiana’s Lake Pontchartrain are particularly impressive in this GOES East view.

While this tropical disturbance is slowly strengthening over the warm waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico, the system is already producing heavy rains across Lousiana. Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service (NWS) issued flash flood emergencies for New Orleans and Jefferson Parishes where 5-6 and 4-5 inches of rain have already fallen respectively. Another 2-4 inches is possible in these areas, according to the NWS.

The National Hurricane Center warns that conditions are favorable for this system to develop into a tropical depression by Wednesday or Thursday. Storm surge watches were issued from the Louisiana Coast to the upper Texas coast ahead of the storm’s development.

This GeoColor-enhanced imagery was created by NOAA's partners at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere. The GOES East geostationary satellite, also known as GOES-16, provides coverage of the Western Hemisphere, including the United States, the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific. The satellite's high-resolution imagery provides optimal viewing of severe weather events, including thunderstorms, tropical storms, and hurricanes.

Tropical Storm Barbara Strengthening in the Eastern Pacific by NOAASatellites

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Tropical Storm Barbara, seen on July 1, 2019, at 9:20 a.m. ET in this sunrise view from GOES West, is steadily strengthening in the Eastern Pacific, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of 11 a.m. ET, Tropical Storm Barbara was located about 930 miles south-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California and moving west at about 16 mph. The impressive storm, which formed less than 48 hours after Tropical Storm Alvin dissipated, is packing maximum sustained winds of 70 mph with tropical storm-force winds extending outward up to 140 miles from the center.

While Barbara will remain well away from land over the next five days, the strong tropical storm is expected to reach hurricane strength later today. Barbara is only the second named storm of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season.

This GeoColor enhanced imagery was created by NOAA's partners at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere. The GOES West satellite, also known as GOES-17, provides geostationary satellite coverage of the Western Hemisphere, including the United States, the Pacific Ocean, Alaska and Hawaii. First launched in March 2018, the satellite became fully operational in February 2019.

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