AIRS Image of Jimena (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Image of Jimena

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This false-colored infrared image from Aug. 31 at 10:59 UTC (6:59 a.m. EDT) showed thick bands of high, cold, strong thunderstorms (purple) with cloud top temperatures in excess of -81F/-63C/210K around the center of Hurricane Jimena.

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Credits: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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