GPM Image of Owen (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM Image of Owen

Caption

On December 12, 2018 at 0047 UTC (Dec. 11 at 7:47 p.m. EST) GPM found extremely heavy rainfall was occurring in the Arafura Sea well to the northwest of Owen's center of circulation, falling at a rate of over 97 mm (3.8 inches) per hour. West of Owen's center, rainfall was occurring at a rate as high as 40 mm (1.5 inches) per hour.

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Credit: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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