NASA's AIRS Sees Bill's Powerful Thunderstorms (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA's AIRS Sees Bill's Powerful Thunderstorms

Caption

NASA's AIRS instrument on the Aqua satellite caught Bill's icy cold clouds on August 20 at 1:29 a.m. EDT as it was moving toward the Leeward Islands (left of the storm). Notice Bill's 30 mile wide eye is well-defined in the center of the storm. In this false-colored image, purple indicates Bill's high thunderstorm cloud temperatures are colder than minus 63F and blue is minus 27F or colder.

Credit

NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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