AIRS image of 19W (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS image of 19W

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On Sept. 5 at 1:23 a.m. EDT (0523 UTC) the AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this false-colored infrared image of Tropical Depression 19W just north of the Philippines. Some cloud top temperatures in strong storms were as cold as minus 63 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 53 degrees Celsius).

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Credits: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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