Derecho's Intense Convection off the New Jersey Coast (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Derecho's Intense Convection off the New Jersey Coast

Caption

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) image for June 30 shows areas of intense convection centered off the New Jersey coast and another, less intense, system over Iowa-Indiana-Ohio. The area off the New Jersey coast is no longer a rapidly moving linear front. The near-surface atmospheric temperatures over the South and Midwest have decreased by 10 to 15 F in most areas. AIRS is an instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite.

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NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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