GPM Image of Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM Image of Potential Tropical Cyclone 9

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The GPM core satellite passed over developing Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 on Sept. 13 at 2:26 a.m. EDT (0726 UTC). GPM found the heaviest rainfall (pink) northwest of the center where it was falling at a rate of over 40 mm (about 1.6 inch) per hour. Lighter rainfall rates (yellow and blue) were measured throughout the rest of the storm.

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