IMERG Data of Rainfall over California (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

IMERG Data of Rainfall over California

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NASA IMERG rainfall estimates show the heaviest rainfall concentration in north central California, northwest of Sacramento(between the Mendocino and Plumas National forests) where rainfall totaled between 6.3 (160 mm) and 9.4 inches (240 mm) . Lesser rainfall fell, as much as 6.3 inches (160 mm) from the Sierra National Forest and areas just north of Fresno, north to the Plumas National Forest. That heavy rainfall fell in the National Forests between Plumas and Sierra, and included: Eldorado, Stanislaus, and Yosemite National Forests.

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Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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