Terra Infrared image of Laura (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Terra Infrared image of Laura

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On Aug. 23 at 11:45 p.m. EDT (Aug. 24 at 0345 UTC) the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Terra satellite revealed the most powerful thunderstorms (yellow) were in a small area around Laura's center where cloud top temperatures were as cold as or colder than minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 62.2 Celsius), just north of Jamaica. Strong storms with cloud top temperatures as cold as minus 70 degrees (red) Fahrenheit (minus 56.6. degrees Celsius) surrounded those areas and were affecting Jamaica and dropping large amounts of rain.

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