TRMM Flyby of Lehar (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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This animation from Nov. 26, 2013 shows the blending of rain over clouds using NASA's TRMM satellite TMI/PR and VIRS instruments. Rain was falling at a rate greater than 64 mm/~2.5 inches per hour in Lehar's center and in a band of intense rain wrapping around Lehar's northwestern side.

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Image Credit: SSAI/NASA, Hal Pierce

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