GPM Video of Chris (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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GPM flew above Chris on July 10, 2018, at 9:29 a.m. EDT (1329 UTC). GPM's radar (DPR Ku Band) indicated that rain was falling at over 123 mm (4.8 inches) per hour in strong convective storms east of CHRIS' forming eye. GPM found some storm tops in the forming eye wall were reaching heights above 13 km (8.1 miles).

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Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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