NASA's Aqua satellite captured a
look at Tropical Storm Fabio's cloud top temperatures on July 12, 2012.
Cloud top temperatures (purple) were as cold as or colder than -63
Fahrenheit (-52 Celsius), indicating strong thunderstorms with the
potential for heavy rainfall, all falling over open ocean.
Credit: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen
Credit: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen
NASA Sees Strength in Intensifying Tropical Storm Fabio
NASA's Aqua satellite measured temperatures in Tropical Storm Fabio's clouds as it continued to move away from the Mexican coast and into the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Very cold cloud top temperatures show strong thunderstorms within Fabio that hint at the storm's potential to strengthen into a hurricane.
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a look at Tropical Storm Fabio's cloud top temperatures on July 12, 2012 at 1723 UTC (1:23 p.m. EDT). The strongest thunderstorms with the coldest cloud top temperatures appeared to be west, south and east of the center of circulation. Cloud top temperatures in those areas were as cold as or colder than -63 Fahrenheit (-52 Celsius), indicating strong thunderstorms with the potential for heavy rainfall, all falling over open ocean.
On July 13 at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC) Tropical Storm Fabio's maximum sustained winds were near 70 mph (110 kmh), just 4 mph under hurricane status. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) expects Fabio to cross that threshold later today. Fabio was about 500 miles (805 km) west-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico near 15.0 North and 110.6 West. Fabio is moving toward the west-northwest near 10 mph (17 kmh) and this general motion is expected to continue over the weekend.
Text Credit: Rob Gutro
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
NASANASA's Aqua satellite measured temperatures in Tropical Storm Fabio's clouds as it continued to move away from the Mexican coast and into the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Very cold cloud top temperatures show strong thunderstorms within Fabio that hint at the storm's potential to strengthen into a hurricane.
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a look at Tropical Storm Fabio's cloud top temperatures on July 12, 2012 at 1723 UTC (1:23 p.m. EDT). The strongest thunderstorms with the coldest cloud top temperatures appeared to be west, south and east of the center of circulation. Cloud top temperatures in those areas were as cold as or colder than -63 Fahrenheit (-52 Celsius), indicating strong thunderstorms with the potential for heavy rainfall, all falling over open ocean.
On July 13 at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC) Tropical Storm Fabio's maximum sustained winds were near 70 mph (110 kmh), just 4 mph under hurricane status. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) expects Fabio to cross that threshold later today. Fabio was about 500 miles (805 km) west-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico near 15.0 North and 110.6 West. Fabio is moving toward the west-northwest near 10 mph (17 kmh) and this general motion is expected to continue over the weekend.
Text Credit: Rob Gutro
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
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