TRMM Image of 30W (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

TRMM Image of 30W

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NASA's TRMM satellite saw heavy rain falling at a rate of over 50 mm/2 inches per hour northeast 30W's center (red). Thunderstorms in that quadrant were as high as 10 km/6.2 miles high.

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Image Credit: SSAI/NASA, Hal Pierce

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