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Hurricane Alex

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2004-08-02 00:00:00
August 2, 2004

The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft captured this true-color image of Tropical Storm Alex on August 2, 2004 at 2:25 PM EDT. At the time this image was taken, Alex had maximum sustained winds near 60 mph with higher gusts and the Tropical Prediction Center in Miami was forecasting Alex to become a hurricane within 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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