NASA sees System 93L explode into Tropical Storm Gordon
Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 12:00
in Earth & Climate
NASA has been watching the low pressure system called System 93L for the last week, and late on August 15 it organized into Tropical Depression 8, then Tropical Storm Gordon. NOAA's GOES-13 satellite captured a visible image of tiny Tropical Storm Gordon after sunrise on August 16.