Aqua image of Harold (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Aqua image of Harold

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On Apr. 8, NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed Tropical Cyclone Harold using the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder or AIRS instrument when it was a major hurricane. AIRS found coldest cloud top temperatures as cold as or colder than minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 62.2 Celsius).

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Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson

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