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NASA sees Himalayan snow from Cyclone Hudhud's remnants

10.21.14 | NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Himalayan Mountains, the MODIS instrument captured this image of snow on the ground on Oct. 16 at 0705 UTC (3:50 a.m. EDT). Credit: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team

Question: When does a Tropical Cyclone drop snowfall?

Answer: When it makes landfall in India and the moisture moves over the Himalayas as Cyclone Hudhud has done. When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Himalayan Mountains, the MODIS instrument captured this image of snow on the ground on Oct. 16 at 0705 UTC (3:50 a.m. EDT). Cyclone Hudhud made landfall in eastern India and moved over the Himalayas dropping snowfall in Nepal and southwestern China.

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Rob Gutro

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Snow Space Flight Tropical Cyclones

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Rob Gutro

robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov

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This article is based on a news release from NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. BrightSurf curates and republishes science news from research institutions worldwide; the original release is linked below.

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http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hudhud-northern-indian-ocean/

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