When tropical meteorologists peer at satellite images ... some of them can develop into hurricanes. The formation of a hurricane hinges on several specific conditions: Distance from the Equator ...

Depending on where they form, tropical ... storm starts to move from east to west. The spin of the Earth causes these winds to curve and leads to the storm starting to spin. Image caption, A ...

NASA released satellite images Tuesday of the International Space Station passing over Hurricane Idalia. The hurricane could intensify to a Category 3 storm before it makes landfall. Photo: NASA ...

On July 3, for the first time since the satellite era began in 1966 ... A variety of things contribute to tropical storm ...

Clouds are more than just clues to everyday weather ... as a tropical depression, intensifies into a category three hurricane, and finally winds down and the clean up begins. NASA satellite ...