Capturing Hurricane Lane with GPM Hurricane Lane brought

Capturing Hurricane Lane with GPM Hurricane Lane brought heavy rain and strong winds as its outer rain bands hit parts of Hawaii’s Big Island beginning on August 21, 2018, causing severe flooding, landslides, and wide spread road closures. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) have reported over 31 inches of rain at their Hakalau Station and predict that the island will continue to receive upwards of ten more inches through the weekend. Heavy precipitation shown by GPM’s DPR in the forming eye wall of Lane southwest of Hawaiian Islands on 08/17/2018 (above left). GPM's GMI/ DPR provides views of Lane’s precipitation, showing intense storms near the center on 08/19/2018 (above right). Credit: Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC). Hawaiian Islands GPM providing a view of Lane’s defined eye wall as a Cat. 5 hurricane on 08/22/2018 (above) and the STORM Event Viewer showing heavy rains in outer feeder bands hitting the Big Island on 08/23/2018 (right). Credit: Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) & Matt Lammers (KBRwyle / NASA GSFC). The GPM Core Observatory captured the large and intensifying Lane on August 17 during the early stages of the storm and continued to capture the storm’s life cycle as it impacted the Hawaiian Islands. By August 23, GPM's Microwave Imager (GMI) showed that very heavy rain was occurring with powerful storms located in Hurricane Lane's well defined eye wall and revealed moderate to heavy rainfall was also covering a large area extending outward from Lane's eye. GPM's radar (DPR Ku Band) swath covered an area to the west of hurricane Lane showing storm heights above 6. 5 miles (11 km). Lane is expected to continue northward, approaching the island chain, before slowly veering westward as it continues to lose strength.