NASA Infrared View of Tropical Cyclone Conson's Cloudtop Temperatures (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Infrared View of Tropical Cyclone Conson's Cloudtop Temperatures

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NASA's Aqua satellite provided an infrared look at Tropical Storm Conson's thunderstorm cloud-top temperatures on July 14 at 1747 UTC (1:47 p.m. EDT) and found 2 large areas of strong convection and icy cold (high, strong thunderstorms) cloud tops that were colder than -63 Fahrenheit (purple).

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NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen

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