2 AIRS Images Show System 91S Making Landfall (IMAGE)

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2 AIRS Images Show System 91S Making Landfall

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NASA's AIRS showed System 91S's center making landfall on Dec. 16 at 0647 UTC (1:47 a.m. EST) near the town of Carnavon in Western Australia (left). A large area of strong thunderstorms surrounded the center (purple) and cloud tops were as cold as or colder than -63F. Accompanying those thunderstorms was heavy rainfall. Aqua again passed over System 91S at 17:41 UTC (12:41 p.m. EST) that day and System 91S's center had already made landfall and was moving inland.

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NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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