NASA AIRS Infrared Look at New Tropical Depression 16 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA AIRS Infrared Look at New Tropical Depression 16

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This infrared image of Tropical Depression 16's cloud temperatures was captured on Sept. 28 at 0635 UTC (2:35 a.m. EDT) by the AIRS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite. The image shows a very large area of highest, coldest cloud tops (colder than -63 Fahrenheit) throughout Tropical Depression 16 (in purple). Tropical Depression 16 is already raining on western Cuba (northern edge).

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NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen

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