Aqua Image of Michael (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Aqua Image of Michael

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At 3:25 a.m. EDT (0725 UTC) on Oct. 12, 2018 the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite gathered infrared data on Post-Tropical Cyclone Michael. Strongest thunderstorms appeared over eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, southeastern New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. In those areas, storms had cloud top temperatures as cold as minus 63 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 53 Celsius).

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