TRMM Sees Rainfall in Gabrielle (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

TRMM Sees Rainfall in Gabrielle

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NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite called TRMM measured the rainfall in Gabrielle when it was a tropical storm on Aug. 5 at 0614 UTC (2:14 a.m. EDT). TRMM's Microwave imager instrument found rain falling at a rate of over 56mm/ ~2.2 inches/hour in an area southeast of Puerto Rico.

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Image Credit: NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce

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