GPM Image of Owen (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM Image of Owen

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On December 9, 2018 at 11:31 p.m. AEST (8:31 a.m. EST/1331 UTC). GPM showed rain was falling at a rate of over 32.4 mm (1.3 inches) per hour over northeastern Queensland's coastline and greater than 52 mm (2 inches) in feeder bands in the Coral Sea off Australia's coast. This 3-D image showed feeder bands of thunderstorms on the eastern side of tropical cyclone Owen's remnants contained a few storms that reached heights of 13 km (8.1 miles).

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Credit: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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