Aqua image of Rene (IMAGE)
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On Sept. 11 at 12:35 a.m. EDT (0435 UTC), the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite revealed a small area of the most powerful thunderstorms (yellow) around Rene's center where cloud top temperatures were as cold as minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 62.2 Celsius). A larger area of strong storms (red) with cloud top temperatures as cold as minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 56.6. degrees Celsius) surrounded the center and were generating large amounts of rain.
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Credit: NASA/NRL
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