NASA AIRS Instrument Sees Powerful Thunderstorms in Arani (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA AIRS Instrument Sees Powerful Thunderstorms in Arani

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On March 16 at 03:29 UTC (Mar. 15 at 11:29 p.m. EST) NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of Sub-Tropical Storm Arani's cold thunderstorm cloud tops (purple) in two areas of the storm. Those cloud tops were as cold as or colder than -63F/-52 C, and were areas of heavy rainfall. The strongest thunderstorms appeared north and south of the center of circulation.

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NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen

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