GPM Flyby Video of Keni (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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The GPM core observatory satellite passed above Tropical Cyclone Keni on April 9, 2018, at 7:09 a.m. EDT (1109 UTC). GPM revealed that an area of heavy rainfall was located at Keni's center of circulation in the North Fiji Basin between Vanuatu and the Fiji Islands. Two large distinct bands of thunderstorms were found dropping heavy rainfall as they spiraled inward from Keni's eastern side. GPM's radar (DPR Ku Band) found those storms dropping rain at a rate of greater than 226 mm (8.9 inches) per hour.

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Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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