Suomi NPP image of 17E (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Suomi NPP image of 17E

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NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Potential Tropical Cyclone 17E located along Mexico's west coast in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Suomi NPP's VIIRS instrument captured this image of the storm on Oct. 16 at 4:18 a.m. EDT (0818 UTC). There were two small areas (yellow) within where cloud top temperatures were as cold as minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 62.2 Celsius). One over the Eastern Pacific and the other in the western Gulf of Mexico associated with another system.

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