GPM image of Lane (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM image of Lane

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On Aug. 22 at 1:48 a.m. EDT (0548 UTC) the GPM core satellite passed over Hurricane Lane when it was a Category 5 hurricane in the Central Pacific Ocean. GPM found very heavy rain occurring in powerful storms located in Lane's well defined eye wall. Moderate to heavy rainfall was also covering a large area extending outward from the eye.

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Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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