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NASA Sees Cooler Sea Surface Temperatures Sap Chris' Strength

Caption: NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Post-Tropical Storm Chris on June 22 at 12:47 a.m. EDT. The infrared data from the AIRS instrument onboard Aqua indicated the storm is in waters that are too cool to maintain its strength. The waters are near 290 Kelvin (62F/16.8C).

Credit: NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen

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