NASA's GPM Gets a Look at Newborn, Late Season Eastern Pacific Tropical Storm Sandra (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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On Nov. 24, GPM saw intense convective storms south of the tropical storm's center of circulation were dropping rain at a rate of over 80 mm (3.1 inches) per hour. Cloud tops reached heights above 16 km (9.9 miles).

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Credits: SSAI/NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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