Image: Iota 2020-11-16 1320Z

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Description: This true-color image of Hurricane Iota was captured on November 16, 2020, at 13:20 UTC (7:20 AM Nicaraguan Local Time), by the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument flying aboard NOAA's GOES 16 satellite. Hurricane Iota was a late-season major hurricane originating from a disturbance in the Caribbean Sea during the record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. When this image was captured, Iota was peaking in intensity while located east of Nicaragua. The intensity of Iota was a Category 4 Major Hurricane, with winds of 155 miles per hour (250 km/h) (135 knots) on the 1-min Saffir-Simpson scale and a minimum central pressure of 917 mbar (27.1 inHg).
Title: Iota 2020-11-16 1320Z
Credit: AWS S3 Explorer
Author: NOAA's GOES 16 Satellite
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2020 Atlantic hurricane season

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