Tropical Storm Maliksi in NASA Infrared (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Tropical Storm Maliksi in NASA Infrared

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This infrared image was created from AIRS data on Oct. 1 at 02:53 UTC (10:53 p.m. EDT, Sept. 30) as Tropical Depression 20W was strengthening into tropical storm Maliksi. Strongest thunderstorms with very cold cloud top temperatures (colder than -63F/-52 C) appear in purple.

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NASA JPL/Ed Olsen

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