Tropical Storm Kirk Looks like a Comet on NASA Infrared Imagery

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Tropical Storm Kirk Looks like a Comet on NASA Infrared Imagery

Caption: On Aug. 29 at 12:29 am EDT the AIRS instrument on Aqua captured infrared data on Tropical Storm Kirk's clouds. Cloud top temperatures were colder (purple) than –63F (-52C) around the center of circulation and west of the center. That's where the strongest storms and heaviest rainfall were occurring. Kirk appears to resemble a comet because windshear is pushing clouds and showers to the northeast.

Credit: Credit: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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