Suomi NPP Image of Alberto (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Suomi NPP Image of Alberto

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At approximately 3:23 a.m. CDT on May 25, NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite flew over System 90L and saw tropospheric gravity waves from the convection off the Yucatan Peninsula. It also showed the low level circulation just to the west of the convection and a lightning streak.

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Credits: NASA/NOAA/UWM/SSEC/CIMSS, William Straka III

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