AIRS image of Amphan (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS image of Amphan

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On May 20, 2020 at 3:29 a.m. EDT (0729 UTC), the AIRS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite found coldest cloud top temperatures (purple) in a large area around Amphan's center of circulation and along the coast on northeastern India. It was as cold as or colder than minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 62.2 Celsius).

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NASA/JPL, Heidar Thrastarson

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