GPM Image of Uesi (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM Image of Uesi

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The GPM's core satellite passed over Uesi on Feb. 12 at 12:11 p.m. EST (1711 UTC). GPM found heaviest rainfall (pink) southwest of the center, falling at a rate of 1.6 inches (40 mm) per hour. Orange areas indicate rainfall rates of 1 inch (25 mm) per hour and scattered light rain appears in light blue from the fringe clouds falling at less than 0.2 inches (less than 5 millimeters) per hour. The GPM rainfall was overlaid on imagery from Japan's Himawari-8 satellite.

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Credit: NASA/NRL/JAXA

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