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Thursday, September 13, 2018
The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission has several cross-cutting application areas which contribute to and enhance our understanding of weather forecasting, disasters, ecology, health, water and agriculture and energy. Using advanced space-borne instruments, GPM measures light rain to heavy rain and falling snow, producing a near-global view of precipitation every 30 minutes. Through improved measurements of rain and snow, precipitation data from the GPM mission is used by a diverse range of applications and user communities at local to global scales to inform decision making and policy that directly benefits society.
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GPM Probes Tropical Storm Isaac

GPM Probes Tropical Storm Isaac
Hurricane Florence, tropical storm ISAAC and hurricane Helene are currently active in the Atlantic Ocean. Tropical storm ISAAC is the next tropical cyclone to affect the western Atlantic. It is moving westward toward the Leeward and Windward Islands. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) predicts that ISAAC will pass through the Leeward and Windward Islands and move into the Caribbean Sea over the next few days. The NHC predicts that ISAAC will weaken as it encounters moderate vertical shear and nearby dry air. The GPM core observatory satellite had an excellent view of tropical storm ISAAC on

GPM Flies Over Tropical Cyclone Florence

GPM Flies Over Tropical Cyclone Florence
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Download in High Resolution from the NASA Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio GPM passed over Tropical Storm Florence on September 7, 2018. As the camera moves in on the storm, DPR's volumetric view of the storm is revealed. A slicing plane moves across the volume to display precipitation rates throughout the storm. Shades of green to red represent liquid precipitation. Frozen precipitation is shown in cyan and purple. NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core observatory satellite flew over Tropical Storm Florence on September 7, 2018. At that time, the storm was...
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GPM Views Super Typhoon Mangkhut Moving Towards the Coast of China

GPM Views Super Typhoon Mangkhut Moving Towards the Coast of China
View Fullscreen in STORM Event Viewer A day after rolling through the southern Mariana Islands, causing wind and water damage to Guam and other nearby islands, Mangkhut has intensified into a Category 4 Super Typhoon with winds of 135 knots. With favorable conditions and the warm waters of the Philippine Sea, it is expected to maintain much of this intensity as it continues to track west-northwestward. Currently models anticipate Mangkhut to pass between the Phillipines and Taiwan, weakening slightly due to interaction with the two islands, before continuing toward the Southeastern Chinese

GPM Sees Heavy Rain In Menacing Hurricane Florence

GPM Sees Heavy Rain In Menacing Hurricane Florence
Last Friday Florence was a sheared tropical storm but on Saturday vertical shear lessened and Florence started to get better organized. Today hurricane Florence is rapidly strengthening. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) predicts that Florence will be a major hurricane with maximum sustained winds peaking at 130 kts (~150 mph) on Wednesday when it is over the open Atlantic well southwest of Bermuda. The NHC predicts that Florence's winds will decrease slightly to 125 kts (144 mph) as the hurricane threatens the southeastern United States on Thursday September 13, 2018. OVERPASS 9/9/18: View

Tropical Storm Gordon's Rainfall Measured With IMERG

Tropical Storm Gordon's Rainfall Measured With IMERG
Tropical Storm Gordon became the seventh named system of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season on Monday September 3, 2018. GORDON became more intense as it moved through the eastern Gulf Of Mexico but didn't quite make it to hurricane force before landfall. GORDON was a strong tropical storm with winds of about 70 mph (~ 61 kts) when it hit southeastern Mississippi on September 5, 2018. GORDON continued to produce rainfall as it moved inland. Weakening GORDON spawned a tornado near Picayune, Mississippi on Thursday September 6, 2018. Today, tropical depression GORDON is still responsible for

GPM IMERG Adds Up Heavy Rains from Typhoon Jebi

GPM IMERG Adds Up Heavy Rains from Typhoon Jebi
Typhoon Jebi brought flooding to Japan and NASA’s IMERG estimated rainfall over the country and the surrounding region for a one-week period. The above image shows accumulated IMERG rainfall estimates over Japan and the surrounding region for the 1-week period from August 29 to Sept. 5, 2018 show rainfall amounts on the order of 100 mm (~4 inches, shown in red) or more covering much of the main island of Honshu and Shikoku in the south. Much of the band of rain oriented east-west across central Japan was due to a frontal system that brought rain to the area before Jebi made landfall. Super

GPM Views Super Typhoon Jebi Twice

GPM Views Super Typhoon Jebi Twice
UPDATE 8/31/18 View Fullscreen in STORM Event Viewer Having peaked in intensity, Typhoon Jebi is a Category 5 Super Typhoon with maximum winds estimated around 142 knots. It is beginning an eyewall replacement cycle with a gap between the outer and inner eyewalls appearing somewhat in the DPR. The storm's strength is expected to fluctuate but remain well above Category 3 for the next two days before it turns northward toward Japan. It will likely have widespread impacts on Southern Honshu in around 4 days time, an area that has already struggled with rainfall, typhoons, and intense heat this

GPM Sees Tropical Cyclone Jebi Threaten Japan

GPM Sees Tropical Cyclone Jebi Threaten Japan
Japan has been afflicted by several tropical cyclones and other extreme weather this summer. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) predicts that yet another typhoon called JEBI will be approaching the main islands of Japan early next week. Warm ocean temperatures and low vertical wind shear are providing a favorable environment for JEBI's intensification. The JTWC predicts that the typhoon will have peak sustained winds of 115 kts (132 mph) as it moves over the northern Pacific Ocean toward Japan next week. The GPM core observatory satellite passed above on August 28, 2018 at 1816 UTC when

Tropical Storm Miriam's Formation Observed by GPM

Tropical Storm Miriam's Formation Observed by GPM
Tropical cyclone's continue to regularly develop in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Tropical Depression Fifteen-E formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean about 1000 nautical miles (1852 km) southwest of the Baja California peninsula early on Sunday August 26, 2018. TD15E became better organized with increased banding later in the day and was upgraded by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) to tropical storm MIRIAM. The GPM core observatory satellite saw the forming tropical storm earlier on August 26, 2018 at 0223 UTC. Heavy rainfall near the center of the forming tropical cyclone was examined with the
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