Terra image of Iselle (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Terra image of Iselle

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On Aug. 28 at 2:40 a.m. EDT (0640 UTC) the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Terra satellite revealed the most powerful thunderstorms (yellow) minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 62.2 degrees Celsius) near the center. Wind shear was pushing the rest of the storms to the west. Some cloud top temperatures were as cold as (red) minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 56.6. degrees Celsius) and were also dropping large amounts of rain.

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