AIRS Image of Maha (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Image of Maha

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The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite provided temperature data on the cloud tops of Maha on Nov. 5, 2019 at 3:47 a.m. EST (0847 UTC). Coldest cloud top temperatures (and strongest storms) were as cold as or colder than minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 56.6 degrees Celsius).

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NASA/JPL, Heidar Thrastarson

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