GPM data image of Barry (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM data image of Barry

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This color-coded GPM image shows instantaneous surface rain rates on July 14 at 02:42 UTC (July 13 at 10:42 p.m. EDT) from Hurricane Barry after coming ashore along the southern coast of Louisiana. The GPM data image revealed heavy rain bands wrapping up around the eastern side of the storm's center from the Gulf of Mexico and into central Louisiana and Mississippi. Rainfall rates in those areas were greater than 10 mm/hour (0.4 inches per hour).

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Credit: NASA/JAXA, using GPM data archived at https://pps.gsfc.nasa.gov/.

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