AIRS image of Delta (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS image of Delta

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On Oct. 8 at 3:35 a.m. EDT (0735 UTC) NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed Hurricane Delta using the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder or AIRS instrument. AIRS found coldest cloud top temperatures as cold as or colder 210 Kelvin minus 81 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 63.1 degrees Celsius). The eye was obscured by high clouds.

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Credit: NASA/JPL/Heidar Thrastarson

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