Aqua Image of Erin (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Aqua Image of Erin

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On Aug. 29, 2019 at 2:30 a.m. EDT (630 UTC), the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite found Erin's strongest thunderstorms (yellow circle) confined to a small area around the center. Cloud top temperatures were as cold as minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 45.5 degrees Celsius). Storms with colder cloud top temperatures were located far to the north of Erin's center and are associated with the frontal system of which Erin is merging. Those storms had cloud top temperatures as cold as minus 70F degrees (minus 56.6C). Cloud top temperatures that cold indicate strong storms with the potential to generate heavy rainfall.

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