Satellite Observations of Hector (3D Animation) (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Caption

Powerful convective storms were wrapping around the western side of the deepening tropical low's center of circulation when GPM observed Hector on July 31 at 1:40 p.m. PDT (2040 UTC). GPM found rain in some of these storms was falling at a rate of almost 198 mm (7.8 inches) per hour. Storm tops in that area were found by GPM to reach heights above 12 km (7.4 miles).

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NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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