AIRS Image of Haiyan (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Image of Haiyan

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NASA AIRS infrared data showed cloud top temperatures as cold as 210 degrees kelvin/-81.67F/-63.15C/ in the thick band of thunderstorms around the center. Those cold temperatures indicate very high, powerful thunderstorms with very heavy rain potential.

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen

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