--- title: See Tropical Storm Michael From Space As It Becomes Hurricane description: Hurricane Michael is heading toward Florida, the National Hurricane Center said Monday. canonical: https://time.com/5418420/michael-tropical-storm-hurricane-space/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-08T14:30:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T17:09:31.000Z article:section: Science og:title: See Tropical Storm Michael From Space As It Becomes a Hurricane og:description: The storm is heading toward Florida og:url: https://time.com/5418420/michael-tropical-storm-hurricane-space/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bc347c7c59f1edf/69893c1722fb855a0fe26d76/tropical-storm-michael-space-hurricane.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Tropical Storm Michael Space Hurricane og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Tropical Storm Michael From Space As It Becomes a Hurricane twitter:description: The storm is heading toward Florida twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bc347c7c59f1edf/69893c1722fb855a0fe26d76/tropical-storm-michael-space-hurricane.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Tropical Storm Michael From Space as It Becomes a Hurricane by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 12, 2023 5:09 PM UTCPublished: Oct 8, 2018 2:30 PM UTC  NOAA by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 12, 2023 5:09 PM UTCPublished: Oct 8, 2018 2:30 PM UTC Hurricane Michael is bringing heavy rain and strong winds to parts of Cuba and the threat of storm surge to Florida as it moves northeast toward the Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center said Monday. The storm is about 50 miles south of the western tip of Cuba. It’s moving north at about 7 miles per hour, with maximum sustained winds at 75 mph. The storm is expected to pass between Mexico and Cuba before heading toward Florida. Satellite imagery from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Michael moving toward Florida and the southeastern United States.  NOAA After NOAA released the images of Michael, the National Hurricane Center upgraded it from a tropical storm to a hurricane Monday morning. The NHC says hurricane conditions are expected over parts of western Cuba. By the time it hits the northeastern Gulf Coast this week, Michael could be a major hurricane. Storm surge and hurricane watches are in effect for parts of Florida and the Alabama-Florida border. “Some areas along the Florida Gulf Coast are especially vulnerable to storm surge, regardless of the storm’s exact track or intensity,” reads a [notice from the NHC](https://twitter.com/NHC%5FAtlantic/status/1049225369990156288). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5418420/michael-tropical-storm-hurricane-space/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5418420/michael-tropical-storm-hurricane-space/"},"headline":"See Tropical Storm Michael From Space as It Becomes a Hurricane","datePublished":"2018-10-08T14:30:02.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T17:09:31.000Z","description":"The storm is heading toward Florida","url":"https://time.com/5418420/michael-tropical-storm-hurricane-space/","keywords":["weather","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bc347c7c59f1edf/69893c1722fb855a0fe26d76/tropical-storm-michael-space-hurricane.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bc347c7c59f1edf/69893c1722fb855a0fe26d76/tropical-storm-michael-space-hurricane.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tropical Storm Michael Space Hurricane","caption":"","creditText":"NOAA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/weather/","name":"weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5418420/michael-tropical-storm-hurricane-space/","name":"See Tropical Storm Michael From Space as It Becomes a Hurricane"}}]}] ```