As typhoon Maysak heads toward the Philippines yet another tropical cyclone was born today in the the Pacific Ocean west of Pohnpei. The GPM core observatory satellite had a good view of tropical depression five on April 3, 2015 at 1031 UTC. GPM's Microwave Imager (GMI) found that rain was dropping at a rate of 22.4 mm (.9 inches) per hour in bands of convective storms located northwest of the center of circulation. The 3-D view from GPM's Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (Ku Band) shows that some of these storms were reaching heights of over 14.7 km (9.1 miles).