1961 - Hurricane Esther was seeded by Navy planes in the inaugural experiment of what was to formally become Project STORMFURY next year. Esther was the first hurricane to be initially detected by satellite. On Sept. 10th, TIROS III imaged an area of disturbed weather a hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.
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Day: Partly Cloudy with Chance of Storms with a high near 87°F. Winds from the E at 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%
Night: Partly Cloudy with Thunderstorms Likely with a low near 80°F. Winds from the NE at 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%
Day: Mostly Cloudy with Thunderstorms Likely with a high near 86°F. Winds from the ENE at 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%
Night: Mostly Cloudy with Thunderstorms Likely with a low near 80°F. Winds from the ENE at 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%
Day: Mostly Cloudy with Showers and Scattered Storms with a high near 85°F. Winds from the E at 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%
Night: Mostly Cloudy with Showers and Scattered Storms with a low near 80°F. Winds from the ENE at 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%
Day: Partly Cloudy with Showers and Scattered Storms with a high near 86°F. Winds from the E at 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%
Night: Partly Cloudy with Thunderstorms Likely with a low near 80°F. Winds from the ENE at 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%
Day: Partly Cloudy with Chance of Storms with a high near 87°F. Winds from the E at 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%
Night: Partly Cloudy with Chance of Storms with a low near 81°F. Winds from the E at 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%
Day: Partly Cloudy with Chance of Storms with a high near 85°F. Winds from the E at 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%
Night: Partly Cloudy with Chance of Storms with a low near 83°F. Winds from the E at 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%
Day: Partly Cloudy with Chance of Storms with a high near 85°F. Winds from the ESE at 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%
Night: Partly Cloudy with Chance of Storms with a low near 83°F. Winds from the E at 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%
Day: Partly Cloudy with Showers with a high near 85°F. Winds from the SE at 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%
Night: Partly Cloudy with Showers with a low near 83°F. Winds from the E at 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%
Day: Partly Cloudy with Showers with a high near 85°F. Winds from the ENE at 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%
Night: Partly Cloudy with Showers with a low near 83°F. Winds from the ENE at 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%
Day: Partly Cloudy with Showers with a high near 85°F. Winds from the NE at 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%
Night: Partly Cloudy with Showers with a low near 83°F. Winds from the ENE at 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%
Soldier Key
(3.9 miles away)
Ragged Keys, Biscayne Bay
(5.6 miles away)
Coral Shoal, Biscayne Channel
(6 miles away)
Mon's High Temperature
110 at Death Valley, CA
Mon's Low Temperature
24 at 14 Miles West-southwest Of Mackay, ID