VIDEO: NASA’s Aqua Satellite Provides Infrared Look at Maria, Sees Storm Intensify into Major Hurricane

By  //  September 19, 2017

GPM satellite found 'Hot' towering clouds

ABOVE VIDEO: The animation shows Hurricane Jose moving north along the U.S. East coast, the development strengthening of Hurricane Maria and its approach to the Leeward Islands and Tropical Depression Lee in the Eastern Atlantic. (NASA-NOAA GOES Project video)

NASA and NOAA satellites have provided data on Maria as it strengthened into a major Hurricane headed toward the Leeward Islands.

NASA’s Aqua satellite provided an infrared look at Maria that showed cooling cloud top temperatures and NOAA’s GOES satellite provided an animation of imagery that showed the storm developing and strengthening.

The GPM satellite found “Hot” towering clouds that indicated strengthening was occurring before Maria became a major hurricane.

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