Hurricane #Norma intensified into a major Category 3 storm overnight with cold cloud tops wrapped around an emerging eye as seen in IR imagery. Additional strengthening is likely before wind shear and dry air weakens #HurricaneNorma en route to Mexico's Baja California peninsula.

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Zooming into the ragged eye of Category 4 Hurricane #Norma churning slowly north via #GOESWest IR imagery. While #HurricaneNorma is expected to weaken before landfall, the NHC has issued a Hurricane Watch for the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California. realearth.ssec.wisc.edu/s/H2…

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Spectacular transverse banding is beginning to splay out around Hurricane #Norma as seen in #GOESWest IR and Water Vapor rapid scan imagery over the past hour. #HurricaneNorma is expected to approach the southern portion of Baja California Friday night.

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As #HurricaneNorma churns off western Mexico, @NOAA's #GOESWest 🛰️ is keeping watch from above. #Norma is expected to bring heavy rains and flash flooding to southern Baja California Sur over the next few days, and a Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for some areas in Mexico.

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