2020 Hurricane Season

This visualization shows the hurricanes and tropical storms of 2020 as seen by NASA’s Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) which measures rain rates (in mm/hr) overlaid on infrared cloud data from the NOAA Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Cloud Composite dataset together with storm tracks from the NOAA National Hurricane Center (NHC) Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting (ATCF) model. Sea surface temperatures (SST) are also shown over the oceans, derived from the NASA Multi-sensor Ultra-high Resolution (MUR) dataset, which combines data from multiple geostationary and orbiting satellites.

Visualizers: Alex Kekesi (lead), Greg Shirah (lead), Horace Mitchell

[thatgaming]

What still amazes me is out of the 30 storms we've had only one was a Category 5

[tropicalweatherupdated]

A season that has been waiting to occur for 15 years to come and break 2005's record. Truly remarkable how this season played out.

[astradiayt]

The fact that this is exactly similar to the 2005 video just really scares me even after 14 years

[thenmhc]

and now.... the most active Atlantic season recorded in history!

[byanlipscomb]

I went through Hugo in Charlotte in 89', and lived in Charleston, SC from 02'-06'. 2020 hurricane season is like a punch in the arm. 2005 hurricane was like a brutal kick in the balls.

[rabidsamfan]

Very impressive. Wish we had that kind of visual for every year.

[leaf]

Lol i remember watching Paulette just explore a bit of the ocean.

[ajjamalgreen]

1:51 there goes the cedar Rapids/chigcago derecho

[josephmarkell]

That definitely was the most active season but far from the most violent

[PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

The Atlantic in recent years especially in 2020 was exceptionally hotter than usual

[roygoodhand]

1:16 Look at how warm Lake Erie was at that point...

Imagine if the same thing happened to a lake deep enough to retain that heat for much longer, such as Lake Huron... we'd have the potential for an event similar to "Hurricane Huron" back in 1996.

[davidawelty]

FIRST NASA thank you for this wonderful perspective builder - also thank you ‘jet stream’ your planetary work is recognized in the fight against westwardly moving systems. Second, I’m trying to imagine who gives this a thumbs down? Flatearthers? The motion of the ocean that upsetting? The heat of the atmospheric meat that disturbing?

[PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

The 2020 hurricane season was so active here in NJ we got hit by two tropical cyclones for the first time since Sandy 8 years prior. Fay and Isaias.

[MeepRamsay]

it's cool that it showed the great lakes too

[dreadgiraffe]

Ah, the year that said fuck you to Louisiana

[XSDChannel]

The two storms that I remember are Tropical Storm Bertha and Hurricane Isaias. I live in Pennsylvania and when Bertha hit my area I noticed that it was a little windy and there was some rain from the storm but nothing bad at all. Then Isaias comes and hits as a Tropical Storm but brings major flooding towards my local park and the winds become fairly strong.

[BlueYup]

I was genuinely wondering if a video like the one for the 2005 season would be made. Very eerie similarities.

[ericjohn]

What software is used to make this movie?

[ArmandoMachado]

Amazing and sad at the same time. We got hit twice really bad (Honduras - ETA/IOTA) and even after months, the regime we live in still hasn't responded to those hundreds of families who lost everything, and they are still living on small tents and under highway bridges to this day 😔.

[zliu]

What is the SST? Seems it is static. Would be nice to make it animated as well.