TRMM Satellite Sees Hurricane Igor's Heavy Rainfall (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

TRMM Satellite Sees Hurricane Igor's Heavy Rainfall

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TRMM captured Igor's rainfall on September 19, 2010 at 0144 UTC showing that the hurricane no longer had an eye. The yellow and green areas indicate moderate rainfall between .78 to 1.57 inches per hour. Red areas are heavy rainfall at almost 2 inches per hour. Past locations of Igor were overlaid on this TRMM satellite view.

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NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce

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