AIRS Sees Humberto (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Sees Humberto

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NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Hurricane Humberto on Sept. 10 at 11:29 p.m. EDT and revealed cloud cloud-top temperatures in excess of -63F/-52C (purple) in thunderstorms around the hurricane's center of circulation and in bands of thunderstorms west of the center.

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NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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