Elsa briefly regains hurricane intensity before making landfall along the Florida coast
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Late in the day on 06 July 2021, Tropical Storm Elsa regained hurricane intensity as of 0000 UTC, just off the west coast of Florida. 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed the tropical cyclone during the 1500 UTC to 0000 UTC time period. In the morning, cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures of -80ºC... Read More