Aqua image of Paulette (IMAGE)
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On Sept. 9 at 12:50 a.m. EDT (0450 UTC) the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite revealed the most powerful thunderstorms (yellow) were around Paulette's center where cloud top temperatures were as cold as minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 62.2 Celsius). Strong storms (red) with cloud top temperatures as cold as minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 56.6. degrees Celsius) were pushed east-northeast of the center.
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