Current LASCO C2 and LASCO C3 - Monday MAY 28, 2012 at 4:15 PM CT

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LASCO Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) is one of a number of instruments aboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory satellite (SOHO). LASCO consists of three solar coronagraphs with nested fields of view.

The Eye of Huricane Katia from Space

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Hurricane Central | 2 New Tropical Areas of Interest in Gulf and central Atlantic

http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/article/two-new-tropical-areas-interest_2011-09-06

HURRICANE TRACKER weather.com | Cat 1 Hurricane Katia in Pacific and Tropical Storm Lee in the Gulf of Mexico

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Tropical Depression 13 expected to bring tremendous amts of rain to parts of the Gulf coast, forcing Louisiana Governor to declare State of Emergency

http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/article/louisiana-prepares-for-system_2011-09-01

Updated Thursday, September 1 at 8:00 p.m. eastern

Tropical Depression 13 is expected to bring tremendous amounts of rain to parts of the Gulf coast, forcing Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal to declare a State of Emergency Thursday evening.

Get the forecast for Tropical Depression 13 here

Governor Jindal met with his top emergency teams Thursday. He emphasized that state agencies are prepared to help coastal parishes.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is one of the agencies already taking precautions by securing equipment along the coast. Meanwhile, the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs is taking early steps to prepare two of its facilities - the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Home in Reserve and the Southwest Louisiana Veterans Home in Jennings - just in case.

Big oil companies are also taking precautions. Petroleum producers Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil are removing crews from a handful of production platforms. The move affects nine of 617 staffed production platforms in U.S. waters in the Gulf.

Also Thursday, rain from the system was hitting New Orleans, aiding firefighters in the battle against a week-old, stubborn marsh fire. That prompted state environmental officials to drop an air quality alert for the area.

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Hurricane Central | View of Schoharie Valley in the Catskills.

Hurricane Central View of Schoharie Valley in the Catskills. http://twitpic.com/6d4vxn (Photo Credit: Amy Colyer Fogerty) #Irene

Gulf of Mexico storm INVEST (AL93) brings tide of uncertainty to Labor Day weekend

http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/2011/09/gulf-storm-brings-tide-of-uncertainty-to-labor-day-weekend/

With the tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico the situation remains much the same: its evolution beyond tomorrow remains highly uncertain. Let’s start with what we do know about it...

There a tropical system, now designated Invest 93L, in the central Gulf of Mexico. It can be clearly seen on the satellite photo from early this morning.

Hurricane Central | Hurricane Katia: 5 AM ET, 75 mph winds, Cat 1, 987 mb, moving West at 20 mph.

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NOAA - Katia becomes 2nd hurricane of the season; No coastal watches, warnings in effect 8-31-11

Vermont Emergency Management officials say they'll use helicopters to airlift food, water and supplies to towns cut off by flooding

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRENE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-08-30-10-35-21

Tropical Storm Katia Forms in the Atlantic

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Tropical Storm Franklin, the sixth named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, formed this morning in the open Atlantic north of Bermuda

Four invests in the Atlantic; fair weather in Arctic to drive rapid sea ice loss

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By Dr. Jeff Masters

Published: 4:41 PM GMT on August 13, 2011

Tropical Storm Franklin, the sixth named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, formed this morning in the open Atlantic north of Bermuda. The usual date of formation for the 6th storm of the year is September 8, so we are well ahead of climatology. However, the usual date for the first hurricane of the season is August 10, and we still have not had a hurricane yet this year. All six of this year's storms have been tropical storms, making 2011 the first season since 2002 when that has occurred. Franklin is headed eastwards out sea, away from any land areas, and does not have long to live.