Suomi NPP Image of Melissa (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Suomi NPP Image of Melissa

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On Oct. 14, 2019 at 1:30 a.m. EDT (0530 UTC), the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi satellite revealed that Melissa was being adversely affected by wind shear that was pushing all storms northeast of the center. In that area, cloud top temperatures were as cold as minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 56.6 Celsius).

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