Tropical Storm 02B on October 17, 1980. At the time 02B had winds of 39.9 knts (45.9 mph, 73.9 kph), 1-min sustained. 02B was about 65 miles away from land. This image was taken by the NOAA-6 Satellite.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1980-10-17
Satellite data = <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html">http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html</a> Land and ocean data =<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=74117">http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=74117</a> This image was created using these two sources.