Suomi NPP Image of Hector 2 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Suomi NPP Image of Hector 2

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The VIIRS instrument on the Suomi NPP satellite flew over Category 3 Hurricane Hector on Aug. 4 at 0300 UTC (Aug. 3 at 11 p.m. EDT). Cloud top temperatures were near 190 Kelvin/-117.7F/-83.5C in the in all quadrant except the north.

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Credits: UWM/SSEC/CIMSS, William Straka III

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