NASA GPM video of Tropical Storm Saola - Earth.com

NASA GPM video of Tropical Storm Saola

10-28-2017


Today’s Video of the Day comes from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and features GPM Flyby footage of Tropical Storm Saola.

The clip was captured on October 27, 2017 at 10:43pm EDT while rain fell at a rate of over 2.6 inches per hour and cloud tops reached towering heights of over 8.4 miles.

Sustained winds reached 63.2 miles per hour as the storm moved just 169 miles south of Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan.

By Rory Arnold, Earth.com Staff Writer

Video Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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