NASA sees tropical storm Irina hit by wind shear, headed for Mozambique
Friday, March 2, 2012 - 17:30
in Earth & Climate
The AIRS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite provided forecasters with an infrared look at what was happening "under the hood" of Tropical Storm Irina's clouds and saw two reasons why it temporarily weakened before moving into the Mozambique Channel and heading for landfall in Mozambique in a couple of days.
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