Guchol

The TRMM satellite passed above weakening typhoon Guchol on 18 June 2012 at 2322 UTC as it moved toward Japan's main island of Honshu. Guchol's past and predicted locations are shown overlaid in white. A precipitation analysis from TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation Radar (PR) instruments show that the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Shikoku were getting rainfall from Guchol at the time of that orbit. Guchol was shown by TRMM to be enhancing rainfall in parts of Japan over 500 km (~310.7 miles) from the typhoon's center.

Typhoon Guchol in the western Pacific Ocean is becoming increasingly more powerful and was seen by the TRMM satellite on Friday June 15, 2012 at 0443 UTC. The center of the intensifying typhoon was covered very well by TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR) data. TRMM PR showed that very heavy rainfall was occurring in the eastern side of Guchol's eye wall. This 3-D image (looking toward the east) from TRMM PR data reveals that towering storms in the eastern side of Guchol's eye were reaching the amazing height of almost 17km (~10.56 miles). Intense rainfall in Guchol's eye wall was returning values

The tropical depression (05W) that became tropical storm Guchol yesterday formed southeast of Guam on June 11, 2012. TRMM had a fairly good daytime look at Guchol on June 13, 2012 at 0500 UTC. TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) data revealed that Guchol contained a large area of moderate to heavy rainfall. Guchol is expected to continue moving toward the northwest, slowly intensify and reach minimal typhoon strength on June 14, 2012.