Tropical Storm Rene weakened to a tropical depression late on Sept. 8 but regained tropical storm status on September 9.
Infrared imagery from NASA’s Aqua satellite captured Rene as it was twice transitioning.
Rene has been battling wind shear in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean and when NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the storm on September 8, it found Rene weakening although still a tropical storm.
Wind shear occurs when winds blowing outside of a tropical cyclone at different levels of the atmosphere push against the tropical cyclone and weaken it. [Read more…] about NASA infrared imagery shows tropical storm Rene’s seesaw of strength
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