GPM Image of Kong-rey (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM Image of Kong-rey

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The GPM core observatory satellite passed over Typhoon Kong-Rey on Oct. 3 at 4:36 a.m. EDT (0836 UTC) and measured rainfall within. Heaviest rainfall was occurring in the northeastern eyewall at a rate greater than 1.4 inches per hour. GPM data was overlaid on Japan's Himawari-8 satellite infrared imagery.

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NASA/JAXA/NRL

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