AIRS Image of Maha (image)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Caption

On Oct. 31, 2019 at 4:29 a.m. EDT (0829 UTC) NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed Tropical Cyclone Maha using the AIRS instrument. AIRS showed the strongest storms were located over the Lakshadweep Islands where the coldest cloud top temperatures as cold as or colder than 210 Kelvin (purple) minus 81 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 63.1 degrees Celsius) around the center.

Credit

NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson

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