Suomi NPP Infrared Image of Kammuri (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Suomi NPP Infrared Image of Kammuri

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NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite saw Typhoon Kammuri on Nov. 30 at 1:04 p.m. EST (1604 UTC) showed a large central dense overcast (CDO) that would obscure the low-level circulation. Infrared data revealed temperatures of cloud tops (black) were as cold as 119 Kelvin (minus 117.6 degrees Fahrenheit/minus 83.1 degrees Celsius).

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Credit: NOAA/NASA/UWM-CIMSS-SSEC/William Straka III

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