GPM Image of Jose (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM Image of Jose

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On Sept. 6, the GPM core satellite passed over Tropical Storm Jose and found that rain on the western side of the storm was falling at a rate of over 5.3 inches (134 mm) per hour. GPM revealed a few "hot towers" in feeder band of thunderstorms were reaching to heights of almost 9.9 miles (16 km).

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Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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