GPM Image of Jongdari (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM Image of Jongdari

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On July 27, 2018 at 0358 UTC (July 26 at 11:58 p.m. EDT), GPM's data indicated that precipitation was falling at a rate of over 267 mm (10.5 inches) per hour in a band of rain well to the northwest of the typhoon's center. The most extreme rainfall rates were measured by DPR in a large feeder band on the eastern side of the typhoon. GPM's radar indicated that rain in those storms was falling at a rate of over 277 mm (10.9 inches) per hour.

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Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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