1999 September 10 08:08 UT
NOAA-14 satellite AVHRR channel 4 early morning image. A closer view (210 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. Floyd is about 200 miles east-northeast of Barbuda and has maximum sustained winds of 70 mph. A very large image (637 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 10 09:34 UT
NOAA-12 satellite AVHRR channel 4 early morning image. A closer view (242 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. Floyd is continuing to intensify. The outer rain bands are spreading across the Lesser Antilles. A very large image (1163 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 10 19:33 UT
NOAA-14 satellite AVHRR 3 channel color composite daytime image. A closer view (366 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. Floyd is now a hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph. Notice the rain bands crossing the Virgin Islands. A very large image (845 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 11 12:10 UT
NOAA-15 satellite AVHRR 3 channel color composite daytime image. A closer view (378 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. The maximum sustained winds are increasing from 105 mph at 09:00 UT to 110 mph at 15:00 UT. A very large image (611 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 11 19:22 UT
NOAA-14 satellite AVHRR 3 channel color composite daytime image. A closer view (397 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. The maximum sustained winds are 110 mph. Floyd is moving to the west-northwest. A very large image (742 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 11 22:11 UT
NOAA-12 satellite AVHRR 3 channel color composite daytime image. A closer view (247 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. A very large image (388 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 12 07:45 UT
NOAA-14 satellite AVHRR channel 4 early morning image. A closer view (318 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. A very large image (1285 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 12 10:28 UT
NOAA-12 satellite AVHRR 3 channel color composite morning image. A closer view (309 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. The eye of Floyd is readily apparent. A very large image (653 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 12 19:13 UT
NOAA-14 satellite AVHRR 3 channel color composite daytime image. A closer view (250 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. A very large image (558 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 13 07:35 UT
NOAA-14 satellite AVHRR channel 4 early morning image. A closer view (232 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. The maximum sustained winds are increasing from 150 mph at 06:00 UT to 155 mph at 09:00 UT. A very large image (1116 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 13 09:14 UT
NOAA-14 satellite AVHRR channel 4 early morning image. A closer view (170 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. A very large image (679 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 13 10:06 UT
NOAA-12 satellite AVHRR channel 4 early morning image. A closer view (314 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. A very large image (1230 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 13 13:05 UT
NOAA-15 satellite AVHRR 3 channel color composite daytime image. A closer view (319 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. A very large image (756 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 13 20:41 UT
NOAA-14 satellite AVHRR 3 channel color composite daytime image. A closer view (328 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. A very large image (825 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 13 21:27 UT
NOAA-12 satellite AVHRR 3 channel color composite daytime image. A closer view (321 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. A very large image (820 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 14 00:26 UT
NOAA-15 satellite AVHRR channel 4 nighttime image. A closer view (316 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. A very large image (1180 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 14 09:03 UT
NOAA-14 satellite AVHRR channel 4 morning image. A closer view (291 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. Floyd has about 3 times the areal extent of 1992 Hurricane Andrew. The areal size of Floyd is illustrated in this image (291 Kb) by Ray Sterner. A very large image (1024 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 14 11:24 UT
NOAA-12 satellite AVHRR 3 channel color composite morning image. A closer view (275 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. A very large image (655 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 14 12:45 UT
NOAA-15 satellite AVHRR 3 channel color composite daytime image. A closer view (394 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. A very large image (928 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 14 20:29 UT
NOAA-14 satellite AVHRR 3 channel color composite daytime image. A closer view (422 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. Floyd is now 3 times the size of 1992 Hurricane Andrew. Hurricane force winds extend up to 125 miles and tropical storm force winds extend up to 290 miles from the center of this powerful storm. A regional view of the US Atlantic coast is shown here (452 Kb). A very large image (749 Kb) of Floyd is also available. Another very large image (629 Kb) of Floyd was made with higher contrast to bring out more cloudy details. An extremely large (1349 Kb) but extraordinarily detailed and beautiful image of Floyd was made by Ray Sterner.

1999 September 14 22:45 UT
NOAA-12 satellite AVHRR 3 channel color composite evening image. A closer view (362 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. A very large image (621 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 15 00:03 UT
NOAA-15 satellite AVHRR channel 4 nighttime image. A closer view (305 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. NOAA buoys off the coast of Florida are reporting 28 ft seas. The maximum sustained winds are 140 mph. A very large image (982 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 15 08:52 UT
NOAA-14 satellite AVHRR channel 4 early morning image. A closer view (306 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. A very large image (1009 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 15 12:22 UT
NOAA-15 satellite AVHRR 3 channel color composite morning image. A closer view (334 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. A very large image (698 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 15 20:17 UT
NOAA-14 satellite AVHRR 3 channel color composite daytime image. A closer view (395 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. A very large image (693 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 15 22:22 UT
NOAA-12 satellite AVHRR 3 channel color composite evening image. A closer view (426 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. At the time of this image, Floyd had maximum sustained winds of 115 mph. A very large image (914 Kb) of Floyd (made by Ray Sterner) is also available.

1999 September 16 08:40 UT
NOAA-14 satellite AVHRR channel 4 early morning image. A closer view (262 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. At about 07:00 UT (03:00 EDT) on 16 September, Floyd was crossing the coast of North Carolina near Cape Fear and had maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. At 09:00 UT on 16 September, the maximum sustained winds had fallen to 105 mph. A very large image (832 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 16 10:39 UT
NOAA-12 satellite AVHRR channel 4 morning image. A closer view (257 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. A very large image (805 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 16 20:06 UT
NOAA-14 satellite AVHRR 3 channel color composite daytime image. A closer view (381 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. A very large image (810 Kb) of Floyd is also available. Note the gravity waves propagating across West Virginia and Virginia.

1999 September 16 23:19 UT
NOAA-15 satellite AVHRR channel 4 evening image. A closer view (240 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. A very large image (1018 Kb) of Floyd is also available.

1999 September 17 08:29 UT
NOAA-14 satellite AVHRR channel 4 early morning image. A closer view (225 Kb) is seen by clicking on this small image. A very large image (905 Kb) of Floyd is also available.