NASA Infrared Satellite Image Shows Area of Severe Storms (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Infrared Satellite Image Shows Area of Severe Storms

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This infrared image from the AIRS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite on June 1 at 18:53 UTC (2:53 p.m. EDT) shows the center of the most intense activity over West Virginia. That area appears to have cloud top temperatures between -27F and -45F, and the cloud tops are between 4.6 and 5.6 miles high.

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NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen

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