Satellite Data on Lane (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Satellite Data on Lane

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On Aug. 17, 2018, at 1:26 a.m. EDT (0526 UTC) the GPM core satellite revealed the location of Lane's forming eye wall. Very heavy precipitation was shown in the forming eye wall. Intense rainfall was also found falling at a rate of over 128 mm (5 inches) per hour in convective storms wrapping around the southern side of the intensifying tropical cyclone.

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NASA/JAXA/Hal Pierce

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