NASA's Aqua satellite sees birth of two tropical cyclones in Eastern Pacific
Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 17:30
in Earth & Climate
The tropics in the eastern Pacific were quiet for a couple of days after Hurricane Hilary dissipated, and today gave birth to Tropical Depression 10 and Tropical Storm Irwin. NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of both storms and saw the powerful convection in the center of Irwin that enabled the storm to go from a depression to a tropical storm in a short time.