GPM's Instruments Measured Rain Falling at a Rate of 50 mm per Hour! (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM's Instruments Measured Rain Falling at a Rate of 50 mm per Hour!

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On July 27 at 12:31 p.m. PDT, GPM's instruments measured rain falling at a rate of 50 mm (almost 2 inches) per hour (in red) in storms near the center of the tropical depression.

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NASA/JAXA/SSAI, Hal Pierce

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