GPM Image of Barbara (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM Image of Barbara

Caption

The GPM core satellite passed over Hurricane Barbara at 3:21 a.m. EDT (0721 UTC) on July 3, 2019. GPM found the heaviest rainfall rate (pink) was northeast of the center of circulation. There, rain was falling at a rate of more than 50 mm (2 inches) per hour. The GPM image was overlaid on a GOES-West infrared image of Barbara's clouds.

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NASA/JAXA/NRL/NOAA

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