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September 10, 2008
Track Hurricane Ike in Google Earth
[UPDATE: Here is the historical path of Hurricane Ike 
from the Naval Research Laboratory.]
Hurricane Ike is near the middle of the Gulf of Mexico and is forecasted to strike somewhere between Houston and Corpus Christi on September 13th. It could strike as a very strong category 4 storm.
Google Earth is a great tool for checking weather, and especially for tracking hurricanes. You can overlay weather satellite photos, radar, storm tracks, real-time lightning strikes, pressure maps, wind maps, sea surface temperatures, and more. Google Earth Blog (GEB) has pulled together a single file of weather tools that let you track storms and check weather globally inside Google Earth. Download the GEB weather tools and check out the many datasets starting with two different storm tracking tools. You can also read more details about the collection.
To help you understand what's possible with these weather tools, here is a video demonstration:
There's also an excellent new tool available for Google Earth which lets you follow the hurricane hunters as they fly into the storms and collect data. Check out the story about live hurricane hunter mission data.
Posted by FrankTaylor at September 10, 2008 08:29 PM
Comments
Posted by: goldfish at September 12, 2008 11:05 AM
Where can one get satellite photo of Ike's afterrmath?
Posted by: Paul Martinez at September 14, 2008 09:00 PM
Google Earth is a satellite map based application. You can see a map or photos of any place in the world. Simply download it from google and install it, then on the left side bar there are many search options and tools you can use them to search for a map or photo.
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Posted by: Shadow Stewart at September 16, 2008 06:57 AM
I was watching National news and they showed a Google Earth picture of the aftermath of Hurricane Ike on Crystal Beach, Texas. I am still learning my Google Earth and can't find that feature. When I search on Crystal Beach, I get what it use to look like before the hurricane. Help!!!
Posted by: WENDY at September 18, 2008 07:40 AM
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Please help map the Caribbean! This region was badly hit by Hurricane Ike and Gustav. The UN and other disaster response groups urgently need maps to assist with relief. Help map at Google Map Maker: http://mapmaker.google.com
See Google's blog post: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-map-maker-for-haiti-and-cuba-in.html