GPM Video of Nate (video)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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On Oct. 5 the GPM core satellite found some of Tropical Depression 16's thunderstorms located over the Caribbean Sea East of Nicaragua were dropping rain at a rate of over 6.4 inches (162 mm) per hour. GPM showed storm tops within powerful convective storms located in rain bands in the northeastern semicircle of TD16 were reaching heights of 9.3 mile (15 km).

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Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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