The 58 second video showed the progression of Gonzalo as it moved past Puerto Rico and strengthened into a Major hurricane.At 2 p.m. EDT on Oct. 17 Gonzalo's maximum sustained winds were near 120 mph (205 kph), making it a Category Three Hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. Fay appeared circular, but didn't have the signature shape of a tropical storm like Gonzalo, with bands of thunderstorms spiraling into the center. The National Hurricane Center expects strengthening during the next 48 hours and Gonzalo is forecast to become a hurricane tonight or Tuesday, Oct. 14. The GPM Microwave Imager sees through the tops of clouds to observe how much and where precipitation occurs. Credit: Downed trees in front of Dangelini’s coffee shop on Front Street, Hamilton, Bermuda, near the Hamilton Ferry Terminal. Thankfully during this time, we were able to get a phone call through to my Aunt who lives in Boston. Dangerous swells are also affecting the Bahamas and portions of the U.S. Southeast coast and are expected to spread northward along the U.S. East Coast today. The NHC noted that wind speeds atop and on the windward sides of hilly terrain are often up to 30 percent stronger than at the surface and in some elevated locations can be even greater.Gonzalo is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 3 to 6 inches over Bermuda.A dangerous and life-threatening storm surge is expected to produce significant coastal flooding in Bermuda. NOAA's GOES-East satellite captured this image of Hurricane Gonzalo off the U.S. East Coast on Oct. 16 at 13:07 UTC (9:07 a.m. EDT). "By October 18, Gonzalo had moved north of Bermuda and was headed toward eastern Canada.Between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Oct. 19, a weather station on Cape Race, Newfoundland reported a sustained wind of 41 mph (67 kph) and a gust of 55 mph (89 kph).  St. Johns Newfoundland recently reported a wind gust of 45 mph (72 kph).At 8 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Oct. 19, Gonzalo was still a hurricane over the cold waters of the north Atlantic. "Gonzalo's eye was located by a NOAA Hurricane Hunter near latitude 25.5 north and longitude 68.7 west.  That puts the eye of Gonzalo about 525 miles (845 km) south-southwest of Bermuda. The remnants of Gonzalo also pounded the British Islands with winds exceeding 70 mph causing the death of at least one person.An analysis of rainfall was conducted on Fay and Gonzalo as they moved through the central Atlantic Ocean and over Bermuda. The images revealed how Gonzalo stirred up the sediment from the ocean bottom.The MODIS instrument or Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer that flies aboard NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites provided imagery of Bermuda and the stirred sediment. Gonzalo is then expected to move north-northeast and by pass east of Bermuda on Oct. 17.Tropical Storm Gonzalo formed quickly on Oct. 12 just east of the Leeward Islands, triggering tropical storm warnings for many islands.  NOAA's GOES-East satellite captured an image of the newborn storm on Sunday, Oct. 12, and Tropical Storm Fay northeast of Bermuda.The GOES East satellite is a geostationary satellite managed by NOAA. Cloud top temperatures were colder than -63F/-52C.On Oct. 14, a tropical storm warning remained in effect for the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, St. Martin and St. Barthelemy.On Oct. 14 at 5 a.m. EDT the eye of Hurricane Gonzalo was located near latitude 19.6 north and longitude 64.4 west.

Large swells generated by Gonzalo are affecting portions of the Virgin Islands, the northern coasts of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic and portions of the Bahamas. NASA used TRMM and other satellite data to calculate rainfall from Atlantic hurricanes Fay and Gonzalo.Tropical Storm Fay battered Bermuda on October 12, 2014 and became a hurricane after passing the island.  The following Friday powerful Hurricane Gonzalo passed  directly over the island on Friday October 17, 2014 causing flooding and damage to many structures.