AIRS image of Hikaa (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS image of Hikaa

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On Sept. 23 at 4:05 a.m. EDT (0905 UTC) NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed the storm using the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder or AIRS instrument. AIRS found coldest cloud top temperatures as cold as or colder than (purple) minus 63 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 53 degrees Celsius) in a band of thunderstorms west and south around Hikaa's center.

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Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson

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