Infrared View of Tropical Storm Tony Shows Warmer Cloud Temperatures

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Infrared View of Tropical Storm Tony Shows Warmer Cloud Temperatures

Caption: The AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured infrared imagery of Tropical Storm Tony on Oct. 24 at 12:17 p.m. EDT that showed the strongest thunderstorms (purple) east of the center of circulation but cloud top temperatures are warming. Those thunderstorms are reaching high into the troposphere where cloud top temperatures are as cold as -63 Fahrenheit (-52 Celsius).

Credit: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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