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On the morning of July 27, 2020, the center of Hurricane Douglas passed

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less than 50 miles north of the Hawaiian Island of Kauai.

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If it had made landfall, it would have been only the third hurricane to do so since 1959.

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Hurricanes in the Pacific rarely make landfall on the West Coast of the United States or Hawaii.

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This is in part due to the cooler waters of the Pacific.

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Hurricane Douglas neared the islands as a Category 3, with maximum sustained winds near 120 MPH.

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However, as Douglas moved over cooler waters, it weakened to a Category 1 hurricane.

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NASA satellites tracked the hurricane's movement, wind speed, and precipitation.

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Meanwhile, on July 26, 2020, Hurricane Hanna made landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane.

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Hanna was the first storm to reach hurricane strength in the Atlantic hurricane season,

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which lasts from June 1st to November 30th.

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In the Atlantic, hurricanes often form when thunderstorm systems from

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Northern Africa move over warm tropical ocean.

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Satellites run by both NASA and NOAA track these storms from space and help inform those living in their paths.