NASA satellite animation records birth of Tropical Storm Gabrielle near Puerto Rico
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 09:30
in Earth & Climate
One hour before midnight Eastern Daylight Time on Sept. 4, Tropical Depression 7 strengthened into Tropical Storm Gabrielle just 70 miles south of Ponce, Puerto Rico. NOAA's GOES-East satellite captured the development and NASA's GOES Project created an animation that showed the developing storm.