AIRS Image of March 2017 Snowstorm (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Image of March 2017 Snowstorm

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NASA's Aqua satellite captured this infrared view of the Eastern U.S. on March 13 at 07:35 UTC (3:35 a.m. EST) and detected some strong storms (purple) with cloud top temperatures as cold as -63F (-53C) stretching from Michigan southwest through Illinois and into southeastern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas.

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Credits: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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