These awesome satellite images of Hurricane Joaquin let us track the storm's path

Hurricane Joaquin is slowly moving northward as a Category 4 storm with 130 mph winds.

It's notoriously tricky to predict hurricanes, though we're getting better about tracking where they're going. And seeing the storm from space is one of the best ways to see the storm and where it's headed.

Check out all the different ways meteorologists - amateur and professional alike - are keeping tabs on the storm.

Here's how Joaquin has progressed, as seen by NOAA/NASA satellite from September 24 to October 1.

The satellites also help with measuring aspects of the storm, such as sea level pressure. The dark spot is the center of the storm on Thursday:

Atmospheric moisture:

And wind speeds, as seen on Friday.

Astronaut Scott Kelly snapped a picture of the storm from space as well, showing where it was in relation to Miami in the upper left corner.

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