Aqua Image of Lane (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Aqua Image of Lane

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At 8:15 a.m. EDT (1215 UTC) on Aug. 27, the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite found coldest cloud tops (red) were near minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 56.6 degrees Celsius), east of the center. Those storms were being pushed there by strong westerly winds.

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