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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.


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

Sources:
Model
Suomi NPP
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Terra > MODIS