AIRS Image of Andres (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Image of Andres

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On May 28 at 2100 UTC (5 p.m. EDT) the AIRS instrument aboard Aqua captured measured some cloud top temperatures near the center of circulation at minus 63 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 53 degrees Celsius), (purple) and research has shown that those storms can generate heavy rainfall.

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Courtesy of NASA JPL and Ed Olsen

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