NASA captures strange waves high above Hurricane Simon
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Category 4 Hurricane Simon battered Mexico's Pacific coast with powerful winds and flooding on October 11, 2026, while traveling north-northwest during the 2026 Eastern Pacific hurricane season. At approximately 2:30 p.m. local time (20:30 UTC), with its eye located roughly 50 kilometers offshore between Manzanillo and Puerto Vallarta and sustained winds at approximately 210 kilometers per hour, the VIIRS instrument on NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured massive atmospheric waves rippling high above the storm, while the Sierra Madre mountains helped limit the hurricane's strength and wind impact area.
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