Earth from Orbit: 2022 Hurricane Season Begins | NOAA

Earth from Orbit: 2022 Hurricane Season Begins | NOAA

The 2022 hurricane season is officially underway. The eastern Pacific hurricane season began on May 15, while June 1 marked the beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season. 

NOAA satellites monitored the first named storms in each hurricane basin. Tropical Storm Agatha formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean on May 28 and rapidly intensified into a Category 2 hurricane with peak winds of 110 miles per hour by the next day. Remnants from Agatha helped fuel what would become the Atlantic’s first tropical cyclone, Alex, that affected south Florida at the beginning of June. 

Credits:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)

Music: 

“Abandoned Agony,” by William Charles Baker [PRS]; Ninja Tune Production Music; Universal Production Music

Duration: 1 minute, 38 seconds

Release Date: June 9, 2022

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