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GPM Captures Hurricane Joaquin

Joaquin became a tropical storm Monday evening (EDT) midway between the Bahamas and Bermuda and has now formed into Hurricane Joaquin, the 3rd of the season--the difference is Joaquin could impact the US East Coast.

 

NASA's GPM satellite captured Joaquin Tuesday, September 29th at 21:39 UTC (5:39 pm EDT).

 

Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio Data provided by the joint NASA/JAXA GPM mission.

 

Download/read more: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4367

 

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Uploaded on October 1, 2015