Hurricane Patricia Infrared Image

When NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Hurricane Patricia on October 23 at 5:20 a.m. EDT the VIIRS instrument that flies aboard Suomi NPP looked at the storm in infrared light. Cloud top temperatures of thunderstorms around the eyewall were between 180K (-135.7F/ -93.1C) and 190 Kelvin (-117.7F/ -83.1C).

Credit: UW/CIMSS/William Straka III

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NASA Stormy Pacific

Hurricanes are often solitary storms but August 2015 marked the first time ever that three hurricanes simultaneously paraded the Pacific Ocean. Views from orbiting satellite provided by NASA through its web site: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Images/?eocn=topnav&eoci=images. NASA image use policy: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html

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Unique identifier: GP0STPDUD

Type: Image

Shoot date: 23/10/2015

Locations: Mexico, North America, Pacific Ocean

Size: 1412px × 892px 1.79 MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)