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Hurricane Alex

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Hurricane Alex
August 1, 2004

The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Tropical Depression 1 on August 1 at 12:10 p.m. EDT. At the time this image was taken the depression had maximum sustained winds of 30 knots with higher gusts to 40 knots and an estimated minimum central pressure of 1011 millibars. Forecasters at the Tropical Prediction Center were predicting the depression to begin moving towards the northeast over the next 24 hours.

The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions and formats.

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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.

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