Aqua Image of Irving (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Aqua Image of Irving

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On Jan. 10 at 4:25 a.m. EST (0925 UTC) NASA's Aqua satellite saw the effect wind shear was having on Irving. Northwesterly wind shear had pushed the bulk of clouds to the southeastern quadrant of the storm, leaving the rest of the circulation exposed and with just fragmented clouds.

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