Update — July 3, 4:42 p.m. ET: Astronaut Gerst posted this image of the newly formed hurricane.
#ISS update on Hurricane #Arthur
Update — 7:11 p.m. ET: Astronaut Reid Wiseman posted an image of storms over Maryland.
We just flew directly over Baltimore and the T-storms looked rough!
Update — 5:04 p.m. ET
Tropical Storm Arthur is almost a hurricane. The hurricane warning has been issued for the North Carolina coast with strong winds and flooding likely for both Carolinas until Friday.
Update — 2:06 p.m. ET
The NHC expects Arthur to pass well east of the northern Florida coast.
Update — 11:00 a.m. ET
The NHC has issued a tropical-storm warning for the North Carolina coast.
The latest potential storm surge flooding map for Arthur is now posted on the NHC internet at http://t.co/y2yKPdzc4L
This morning the National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued an advisory that Tropical Storm Arthur is roughly 100 miles east of Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Astronaut Reid Wiseman, currently aboard the International Space Station, posted this image of the tropical storm.
Just flew over TS #Arthur – hoping it heads to sea. Looks mean.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Air Force Hurricane Hunter Planes are monitoring the storm.
Yesterday NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) showed the areas with heavy rainfall.
