NASA’s GPM Sees Towering Thunderstorms in Intensifying Tropical Storm Earl
Published on February 12, 2017
The Global Precipitation Measurement mission, or GPM, core observatory satellite passed over intensifying tropical storm Earl in the Caribbean Sea northeast of Honduras on Aug. 2, 2016 at 11:56 p.m. EDT. GPM found powerful storms around Earl’s forming eye were dropping extremely heavy rainfall at a rate of over 251 mm (9.8 inches) per hour and cloud heights of over 16 km (9.9 miles).
Credit: NASA/JAXA/SSAI, Hal Pierce
