Aqua image of 12P (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Aqua image of 12P

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On January 27 at 6:50 a.m. EST (1150 UTC), the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite gathered temperature information about Tropical Depression 12P's cloud tops. MODIS found one small area of powerful thunderstorms (red) where temperatures were as cold as or colder than minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 56.6 Celsius). The storm was dissipating.

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