GPM Image of Bolaven (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM Image of Bolaven

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The GPM core satellite found rain in Bolaven was falling at a rate of almost 121 mm (4.8 inches) per hour in a band of convective storms northwest of the storm's center of circulation on Jan. 2. GPM found a few storm tops had heights exceeding 16 km (9.92 miles).

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NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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