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NASA sees Himalayan snow from Cyclone Hudhud's remnants

10.21.14 | NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Aqua Image of Hudhud's Snows Over Nepal
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

Keywords

Snow Space Flight Tropical Cyclones

Contact Information

Rob Gutro
robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov

Source

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

How to Cite This Article

APA:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. (2014, October 21). NASA sees Himalayan snow from Cyclone Hudhud's remnants. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/8XGY66M1/nasa-sees-himalayan-snow-from-cyclone-hudhuds-remnants.html
MLA:
"NASA sees Himalayan snow from Cyclone Hudhud's remnants." Brightsurf News, Oct. 21 2014, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/8XGY66M1/nasa-sees-himalayan-snow-from-cyclone-hudhuds-remnants.html.