NASA satellite finds wind shear adversely affecting tropical storm Francisco
Thursday, February 6, 2020 - 16:40
in Astronomy & Space
Forecasters use a variety of satellite imagery to understand what is happening in a storm, and sometimes just a visible picture can tell a lot. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of the Tropical Storm Francisco in the Southern Indian Ocean that showed wind shear was pushing clouds away from the storm's center.