GPM Image of Willa (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM Image of Willa

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GPM passed above Willa on October 21, 2018 at 3:51 p.m. EDT (1951 UTC). The location of precipitation in Willa's well defined eye wall was made evident by GPM's radar (DPR Ku Band). DPR indicated that a few powerful convective storms within Willa were dropping rain at a rate of over 6.3 inches (160 mm) per hour.

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Credit: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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