News tagged with wind shear

Pollution alters isolated thunderstorms

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 15, 2009 | 3.2 / 5 (5) | 10

New climate research reveals how wind shear -- the same atmospheric conditions that cause bumpy airplane rides -- affects how pollution contributes to isolated thunderstorm clouds. Under strong wind shear ...

NASA's TRMM satellite sees Tropical Storm Cleo form in southern Indian Ocean

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 08, 2009 | 2 / 5 (3) | 1

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite captured the birth of Tropical Storm Cleo in the southern Indian Ocean today, December 7.

System 97W's 'castle wall' breached, and opened up to dissipation

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The "walls" of System 97W have been breached, and residents in the Western Pacific Ocean no longer have a tropical cyclone to worry about today. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center cancelled their "formation ...

Cyclone Cleo back down to tropical storm status

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Dec 10, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Cleo has run into wind shear and it has weakened it from a cyclone to a tropical storm. Cleo's maximum sustained winds are now down to 69 mph, and expected to continue falling. NASA's TRMM satellite noticed ...

TRMM Satellite sees Cyclone Cleo coming to a close

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Dec 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Rainfall in the once-known Cyclone Cleo has really diminished over the last 24 hours, and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite has confirmed it. Cleo is fading and the Joint Typhoon Warning ...