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Nasa-Noaa's Suomi Npp Satellite Sees Record-Breaking Hurricane Patricia


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Hurricane Patricia

When NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Patricia on October 23 at 5:23 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 near minus 90

Credit: NRL/NASA/NOAA

On October 23, a Hurricane Warning was in effect from San Blas to Punta San Telmo.

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