--- description: Satellite images captured the storm off of the coast of Florida, brewing up a nasty surprise for the nation's birthday title: Here's What Tropical Storm Arthur Looks Like From Space image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5fa48e766f36355/69869a5855a859356ba81a72/arthur-storm-hurricane.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [weather](/tag/weather/) ## weather Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's What Tropical Storm Arthur Looks Like From Space  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 2, 2014 7:26 PM CUT  Weather system Arthur travels up the east coast of the United States in the Atlantic Ocean seen from the GOES-Wast satellite on July 2, 2014. Weather system Arthur travels up the east coast of the United States in the Atlantic Ocean seen from the GOES-Wast satellite on July 2, 2014.NOAA/Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 2, 2014 7:26 PM CUT Forecasters [predict](http://time.com/2945072/hurricane-4th-july/ "undefined") that Tropical Storm Arthur will make landfall in the United States on the evening before Independence Day, starting in North Carolina and climbing north along the eastern seaboard. Satellites captured this image of the storm off the Florida coast, brewing up a [potentially nasty surprise](http://time.com/2949470/hurricane-arthur-july-4th-t-mobile-tim-howard/ "undefined") for the nation’s birthday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2951495/tropical-storm-arthur-space/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2951495/tropical-storm-arthur-space/"},"headline":"Here's What Tropical Storm Arthur Looks Like From Space","datePublished":"2014-07-02T19:26:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:57:06.519Z","description":"Get a sneak peek at America's birthday surprise","url":"https://time.com/2951495/tropical-storm-arthur-space/","keywords":["weather"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5fa48e766f36355/69869a5855a859356ba81a72/arthur-storm-hurricane.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5fa48e766f36355/69869a5855a859356ba81a72/arthur-storm-hurricane.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Weather system Arthur travels up the east coast of the United States in the Atlantic Ocean seen from the GOES-Wast satellite on July 2, 2014.","caption":"Weather system Arthur travels up the east coast of the United States in the Atlantic Ocean seen from the GOES-Wast satellite on July 2, 2014.","creditText":"NOAA/Getty Images","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/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/weather/","name":"weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2951495/tropical-storm-arthur-space/","name":"Here's What Tropical Storm Arthur Looks Like From Space"}}]}] ```