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System 92W (Western Pacific Ocean)

System 92W's clouds as the rounded area in the center of this image (in purple and blue).
11.19.09

NASA's Aqua satellite noticed that a new tropical disturbance formed today, November 19, just 8.1 degrees north of the Equator in the western Pacific Ocean.

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NASA's Hurricane Page is All "a-Twitter"

Screenshot of NASA's Hurricane Twitter page
11.17.09

In 2005, NASA created the NASA Hurricane and Tropical Cyclone Web page that covers NASA research on tropical cyclones around the world every day. Now, NASA's Hurricane page has a companion "Twitter" ...

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Anja (Southern Indian Ocean)

QuikScat measured sustained winds near 63 mph around Anja's center.
11.18.09

Anja has continued to weaken over the last 24 hours, and NASA's QuikScat satellite has confirmed that the once mighty Category 4 Cyclone is now a tropical storm in the southern Indian Ocean.

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Ida the Coastal Low

Waves crashing at NASA's Wallops Island Facility.
11.18.09

Residents in eastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina were hit especially hard by the heavy rains from last week's coastal low pressure area, formerly known as hurricane Ida.

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