NASA catches formation of Atlantic's record-breaking 15th tropical storm
Wednesday, September 2, 2020 - 11:41
in Earth & Climate
Tropical Depression 15 strengthened into a tropical storm late on Sept. 1 and was renamed Omar. Visible imagery from NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite was compiled into an animation that showed the system's formation and strengthening. NASA's Terra satellite also provided temperature data on Omar that revealed wind shear was affecting the storm.