NASA's TRMM Satellite Shows Typhoon Guchol's Rainfall (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA's TRMM Satellite Shows Typhoon Guchol's Rainfall

Caption

This image from NASA's TRMM satellite shows Typhoon Guchol's rainfall intensity on June 15, 2012. The yellow, green and blue areas indicate light-to-moderate rainfall between 20 and 40 millimeters (.78 to 1.57 inches) per hour. The red area is considered heavy rainfall at 2 inches/50 mm per hour and is occurring around the center of circulation in the area where "hot towers" were noted on satellite imagery.

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NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce

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