"Fire hose" sets aim on Southeast U.S. A "fire hose" of tropical moisture, also known as an atmospheric river, has doused the Carolinas in record rainfall and triggered life-threatening flash floods. This water vapor loop, showing the content of water in the atmosphere, shows Hurricane Joaquin bypassing the U.S. after pounding the Bahamas and a separate area of low pressure spinning across the Southeast U.S. that helped stream historically heavy rainfall inland. This imagery, taken from the GOES East satellite, is from October 1 to October 5, 2015.More from the NOAA View data exploration tool:http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/view/
Posted by U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) on Monday, October 5, 2015