Suomi NPP image of Cloud Top Temps of Mekunu (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Suomi NPP image of Cloud Top Temps of Mekunu

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NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite showed cloud top temperatures as cold as or colder than 210 Kelvin (minus 63.1 degrees Celsius/minus 81.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in storms around Mekunu's eye. NASA research has shown that storms with cloud tops that cold have the potential to produce heavy rainfall.

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Credits: NASA/NOAA/UWM-SSEC-CIMSS, William Straka III

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