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Sunday, November 29, 2015

SOUTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN - NASA's GPM Satellite Sees Heavy Rain in Tropical cyclone Tuni

From NASA's Hurricane Web Page:




SOUTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN - NASA's GPM Satellite Sees Heavy Rain in Tropical cyclone Tuni 
Tropical Cyclone Tuni continued to move southeast through the Southern Pacific Ocean on Sunday, Nov. 29 as NASA/JAXA's Global Precipitation Measurement Mission or GPM core satellite passed overhead. GPM measured the rate in which rain was falling within the storm and found heavy rain, falling at a rate of more than 1.6 inches (40.6 mm) per hour.
At 0900 UTC (4 a.m. EST), Tuni's maximum sustained winds were near 40 knots (46 mph74 kph). It was located near 16.5 south latitude and 170.6 west longitude, about 132 miles south of Pago Pago, American Samoa. Tuni was moving to the southeast at 13 knots. (14.9 mph/24.08 kph).
Tuni will move southeast, maintaining current intensity. After today, the system will become extra-tropical.

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