NASA Satellite Image of System 99S (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Satellite Image of System 99S

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The AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of System 99S on Feb. 15 at 0441 UTC. The strongest convection (purple) was over the Timor Sea and represented in thunderstorm cloud-top temperatures as cold as or colder than -63 Fahrenheit (-52 Celsius).

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NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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