HTTP:: GOES 11 Images Tropical Cyclones in the Eastern Pacific
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The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) new satellite, GOES-11, has recently beamed back images detailing fizzling tropical cyclone formation in the eastern parts of the Pacific Ocean, the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center reports. The data collected from the eye-in-the-sky are constantly being posted by graphics experts at the center, and meteorologists around the world are keeping an eye on the details. This week showed an increased in activity, and climate experts are tracking a few storms that could become dangerous. This week, GOES-11 observed the remnants of Maka and of the Tropical Depression 9E, as well as a fizzled Felicia, and a new tropical storm named Guillermo. The good news is that Maka and Felicia appear to be dissipating, after the latter failed to reach Hawaii, where it could have turned dangerous. On the other hand, the former is about 1,400 miles west-southwest of Kauai. Its remnant clouds and showers are heading west, and experts b!
elieve that there is little chance they will be able to pull together, and form a dangerous atmospheric front again. In the other eastern half of the ocean, the Tropical Depression 9E (TD9E) seems to be dwindling in intensity, although experts haven't ruled out the possibility that it may come back to life later on. The formati...
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