Terra image of Maysak (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Terra image of Maysak

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On Aug. 28, 2020 at 9:15 a.m. EDT (1315 UTC) the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Terra satellite revealed the most powerful thunderstorms (yellow) minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 62.2 degrees Celsius) near Maysak's center and over the Gulf of California. Surrounding that area were cloud top temperatures were as cold as (red) minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 56.6. degrees Celsius). All of those areas were generating heavy rain.

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