Tropical Storm Muifa (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Tropical Storm Muifa

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NASA's Aqua satellite passed over huge Tropical Storm Muifa on July 29, 2011 at 04:17 UTC (12:17 a.m. EDT. The infrared image revealed a large area of powerful, high thunderstorms with cold cloud tops (purple) east and west of the center where cloud temperatures were colder than -63 Fahrenheit (-52 Celsius). Muifa is about 1000 miles wide.

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NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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