Saola

The GPM core observatory had a fairly good view of tropical storm Saola on October 27, 2017 at 0243 UTC. This image shows the GPM satellite's coverage (lighter shades) of surface rainfall around tropical storm Saola. GPM's Microwave Imager (GMI) and Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) instruments received data showing the intensity of rainfall over the western half of tropical storm Saola. GPM's radar (DPR Ku Band) discovered that rain was falling at a rate of over 66 mm (2.6 inches) per hour in feeder bands wrapping around that side of the tropical storm. The most intense convective

The GPM core observatory satellite passed above recently formed tropical storm Saola on October 24, 2017 at 0210 UTC. Tropical storm Saola was located west of Guam and was moving toward the northwest. Very heavy rainfall was measured by GPM's Microwave Imager (GMI) and Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) instruments in powerful convective storms to the southwest of Saola's center. GPM's radar (DPR Ku band) found that some storms in this cluster were dropping rain at a rate of greater than 252 mm (9.92 inches) per hour. This 3-D view of the powerful storms southwest of Paola's center of