GPM image of Aletta (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM image of Aletta

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NASA analyzed the rainfall rates within Tropical Storm Aletta on June 6, 2018 at 0046 UTC (June 5 at 8:46 p.m. EDT). Intense rain bands are spiraling into the tropical cyclone's eastern side. NASA's GPM satellite found that rain in some of these powerful storms was falling at a rate of over 187 mm (7.4 inches). Storm top heights were found by DPR reaching altitudes of over 12 km (10.5 miles) within powerful storms in rain bands wrapping around Aletta's eastern side.

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Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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