Tropical Storm Rosa before intensification (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Tropical Storm Rosa before intensification

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The AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of Tropical Depression 17 on October 30 at 5:41 a.m. EDT before it intensified into Tropical Storm Rosa. The strongest storms with coldest cloud top temperatures appear in purple. The purple indicates temperatures as cold as -63F (-52C).

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Credit: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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