Suomi NPP Image of Lorenzo (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Suomi NPP Image of Lorenzo

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The Suomi NPP satellite passed over the eastern Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 29, after Lorenzo weakened back to a Category 4 hurricane. The eye was well defined and there were mesovorticies seen. The strength of the storm also was producing mesospheric gravity waves.

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Credit: NASA/NOAA/UWM-CIMSS, William Straka

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