Aqua Image of Lane (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Aqua Image of Lane

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On Aug. 23, 2018 at 7:35 p.m. EDT (2335 UTC) NASA's Aqua satellite found the coldest temperatures of the strongest thunderstorms (yellow) in Hurricane Lane were as cold as or colder than minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 62.2 Celsius) north of the center. They were embedded in a large area of storms (red) that circled the eye where cloud top temperatures were as cold as or colder than minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 56.6 degrees Celsius).

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