NASA sees Tropical Storm Julia born with strong thunderstorms and heavy rainfall

Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 06:21 in Earth & Climate

Tropical Depression 12 was born in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean yesterday, Sept. 12 and two NASA satellites saw factors that indicated she would later strengthen into Tropical Storm Julia. Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite revealed strong convection in its centre that powered the storm into tropical storm status by 11 p.m. EDT. NASA's TRMM satellite indicated very heavy rainfall from that strong area of convection...

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