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Harvey Hits Texas, Unleashes Major Flooding

Harvey Hits Texas, Unleashes Major Flooding
Monday, August 28, 2017
Despite its earlier demise, after rejuvinating over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Harvey has become a major weather maker as it unleashes historical flooding over parts of coastal Texas. Harvey began on the 17th of August as a weak tropical storm about 250 miles (~400 km) east of Barbados in the Leeward Islands. Over the next two days, Harvey continued moving steadily westward passing through the Leeward Islands as a still weak tropical storm and entered into the east central Caribbean. On the 19th, Harvey succumbed to the effects of northeasterly wind shear over the central...
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GPM's Radar Measures Intense Rain In Hurricane Harvey

GPM's Radar Measures Intense Rain In Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey's has continued to intensify today as it moves toward the Texas coast. Bands of rain from the hurricane were affecting the Gulf coast from Louisiana to southeastern Texas. The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission core observatory satellite had another look at hurricane Harvey on August 25, at 7:50 AM CDT (1150 UTC) as it was menacing the Texas gulf coast. GPM's Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) instrument scanned precipitation within powerful storms wrapping around the eastern side of the hurricane. DPR found that intense storms in that area were dropping rain

GPM Observes Intensifying Hurricane Harvey's Rainfall

GPM Observes Intensifying Hurricane Harvey's Rainfall
UPDATE: View the latest GPM overpass from 8/25/17 1141 UTC using the STORM Event Viewer: https://storm.pps.eosdis.nasa.gov/storm/cesium/EventViewer.html?positio… Hurricane Harvey has continued to intensify after regenerating in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday. Harvey's intensification has been aided by moving through an environment that includes low vertical wind shear and the warm waters in the Gulf Of Mexico. The Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) core observatory satellite

Reviving Tropical Storm Harvey's Remnants Observed By GPM

Reviving Tropical Storm Harvey's Remnants Observed By GPM
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) upgraded the remnants of tropical storm Harvey to a tropical Depression on August 23, 2017 at 10:00 AM CDT (1500 UTC). Harvey became better organized and was revived after moving from Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula into the Bay of Campeche. The warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and favorable vertical wind shear promoted the regeneration of the tropical cyclone. The GPM core observatory satellite flew over the regenerating tropical cyclone on August 23, 2017 at 6:58 AM CDT (1158 UTC). Data collected by GPM's Microwave Imager (GMI) and Dual-Frequency Precipitation

Intensifying Hurricane Kenneth Examined By GPM

Intensifying Hurricane Kenneth Examined By GPM
The GPM core observatory satellite flew over hurricane Kenneth when it was approaching it's peak power on August 21, 2017 at 0158 UTC. This rainfall map of hurricane Kenneth was derived from the GPM satellite's Microwave Imager (GMI) and Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) instruments. GPM's GMI data enables analysis of precipitation across a swath that is 550 miles (885 km) wide. GPM's radar (Ku Band) can be used to show three-dimensional maps of precipitation structure along a narrower 152 mile (245 km) swath. GPM's radar found rain falling at a rate of over 11.3 inches (286 mm) per