Aqua Image of Oma (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Aqua Image of Oma

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On Feb. 20 at 9:53 p.m. EDT (0253 UTC, Feb. 21) the AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed cloud top temperatures of Tropical Cyclone Oma in infrared light. AIRS found cloud top temperatures of strongest thunderstorms were as cold as or colder than minus 63 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 53 degrees Celsius).

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Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson

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