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Hot Water Ahead for Hurricane Irma

After striking the Leeward Islands as a category 5 storm, Irma is headed toward more warm, hurricane-sustaining water.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Hot Water Ahead for Hurricane Irma.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens and Jesse Allen, using VIIRS day-night band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership, MODIS data from the Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE), sea surface temperature data from Coral Reef Watch, and storm track information from Unisys. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published September 7, 2017
Data acquired September 6, 2017