NASA’s Infrared View Shows Power in Hurricane Michael At 3:40 EDT (0740 UTC) on Oct. 103, the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite gathered infrared data on Hurricane Michael. Infrared data provides temperature information. The higher the thunderstorms, the colder the cloud tops. The coldest cloud tops are the most powerful storms and strongest thunderstorms circled Michael’s center. That’s where cloud top temperatures were as cold as (yellow) minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (minus Celsius). NASA research has shown that cloud tops with temperatures that cold were hig
NASA’s Infrared View Shows Power in Hurricane Michael At 3:40 EDT (0740 UTC) on Oct. 103, the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite gathered infrared data on Hurricane Michael. Infrared data provides temperature information. The higher the thunderstorms, the colder the cloud tops. The coldest cloud tops are the most powerful storms and strongest thunderstorms circled Michael’s center. That’s where cloud top temperatures were as cold as (yellow) minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (minus Celsius). NASA research has shown that cloud tops with temperatures that cold were high in the troposphere and have the ability to generate heavy rain. Image
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