GPM Image of Lorena and Mario (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM Image of Lorena and Mario

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The GPM core satellite passed over the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Sept. 20 at 3:36 a.m. EDT (0736 UTC) and provided rainfall rates in Hurricane Lorena and Tropical Storm Mario, close in proximity. The heaviest rainfall (pink) was occurring in the eastern side of Lorena, falling at a rate of over 36 mm (about 1.4 inch) per hour and at a rate of (orange) 25 mm (about 1 inch) per hour around the center and band of thunderstorms east of center. GPM also showed rain rates of (orange) 25 mm (about 1 inch) per hour around the center of Mario.

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