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GPM Sees Powerful Thunderstorms In Landfalling Hurricane Nate

The GPM core observatory satellite passed above powerful thunderstorms within land falling hurricane Nate on October 8, 2017 at 4:41 AM EDT (0841 UTC). GPM's Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) found that a few storms over southwestern Alabama were dropping rain at the extreme rate of greater than 4 inches (102 mm) per hour. This 3-D slice by GPM's radar (DPR Ku Band) shows the structure of precipitation within the powerful thunderstorms near the center of hurricane Nate. A few thunderstorms over Alabama were found by GPM's radar to have tops reaching heights above 10.5 miles (17 km).

GPM Examines Forming Tropical Storm Nate (TD16)

The GPM core observatory satellite passed above forming tropical storm Nate (TD16) on October 5, 2017 at 5:46 AM EDT (0946 UTC). TD16 was located in the western Caribbean near the coast of Nicaragua with winds of about 34.5 mph (30 kts). Data received by GPM's Microwave Imager (GMI) and Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) shows bands of rain producing heavy rainfall East of TD16's center of circulation. Downpours in the Caribbean Sea East of Nicaragua were measured by GPM's Radar (DPR Ku Band) dropping rain at a rate of over 6.4 inches (162 mm) per hour. This close-up 3-d cross section

TRMM Sees Developing Tropical Storm Nate

The TRMM satellite flew over the latest tropical cyclone to form in the Atlantic Ocean basin on 7 September 2011 at 1812 UTC (2:12 PM EDT). This TRMM pass was a few hours before the National Hurricane Center (NHC) named this low pressure center in the Bay Of Campeche tropical storm Nate. Data from TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR) shows that the forming tropical cyclone had areas of heavy convection with storm tops reaching to heights of about 14km (~8.7 miles) south of Nate's center of circulation.