September 11, 2021 - Hurricane Larry over Bermuda
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Hurricane Larry sideswiped Bermuda on September 9, 2021, bringing wind,
rain, storm surge, and choppy waters to the island archipelago as the
massive storm headed towards Newfoundland. The Moderate Resolution
Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite
acquired a true-color image of Hurricane Larry dwarfing Bermuda on that
same day.
The total area of Bermuda, made up of more than 130 coral islands and
islets, is about 54 square miles (140 sq km)—roughly one-third of the
size of Washington, D.C., according to the CIA World Factbook. The
largest island, Main Island, measures 14 miles (22.5 km) in length. In
contrast, at roughly the time this image was acquired, Hurricane
Larry’s hurricane-force winds extended outward up to 90 miles (150 km)
from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extended outwards up to
200 miles (350 km) from the center. Larry passed as close as 170 mi
(274 km) to Bermuda, where gusts of up to 45 mph (74 km/h) were
reported at Pearl Island. In this image, Bermuda is outlined in black.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that on the afternoon of
September 9, as the storm passed closest to Bermuda, Larry carried
maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 km/h), placing it as a Category
1 storm on the Saffir Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Hurricane Larry had
reached peak strength on September 4 as a strong Category 3 storm with
maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (201 km).
After passing Bermuda, Larry fast-tracked across the Atlantic Ocean
towards Newfoundland. At 0300 UTC on September 11 (11:00 p.m. EDT Sep.
10), the NHC reported that the center of Hurricane Larry was to move
over southeastern Newfoundland over the next few hours, bringing
hurricane force winds, dangerous storm surge, and heavy rainfall to the
region. Larry retained its Category 1 status, with maximum sustained
winds of 80 mph (130 km/h). At that time, the storm center was located
about 85 mi (135 km) west of Cape Race, Newfoundland.
Image Facts
Satellite: Terra
Date Acquired: 9/9/2021
Resolutions: 1km (155.5 KB), 500m (484 KB), 250m (1.4 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2021-09-11
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