AIRS Image of Fani (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Image of Fani

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On April 30, 2019 at 3:35 a.m. EDT (0735 UTC), the AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed cloud top temperatures of Tropical Cyclone Fani in infrared light. AIRS found cloud top temperatures of strongest thunderstorms were as cold as or colder than minus 63 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 53 degrees Celsius).

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NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson

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