GPM image of Kyarr (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM image of Kyarr

Caption

The GPM core satellite passed over strengthening Tropical Storm Kyarr in the Arabian Sea on Oct. 31, 2019 at 3:56 a.m. EDT (0756 UTC) and found the heaviest rainfall (pink) in a very small area around the center of circulation where rain was falling at 1.6 inches (40 mm) per hour. Most of the rain falling throughout the rest of the system was occurring (blue) at a rate of over 25 mm (about 1 inch) per hour.

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Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL

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