MODIS Image of 1C (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

MODIS Image of 1C

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On Jan. 7 at 13:25 UTC (8:25 a.m. EST) the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite showed cloud top temperatures of strong thunderstorms around the center of circulation as cold as -80 degrees Fahrenheit (-62.2 Celsius).

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