TRMM Flyby of Usagi (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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This simulated 3-D flyby animation over Typhoon Usagi on Sept. 22 at 0923 UT showed heavy rain south of the center a rate of over 169mm/~6.7 inches per hour along China's coast. Cloud heights of some thunderstorms were reaching only about 12 km /7.4 miles.

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Image Credit: SSAI/NASA, Hal Pierce

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