Satellite image showing rain rates from Nov. 9 in southeast Alaska. Red numbers indicate METAR based surface rain gauge measurements, while the colorful swaths show QPE rain rate, data for this estimate comes from CMORPH2 rain rates and Snowfall rates produced by the NOAA Climate Prediction and NOAA STAR. . Yellow, red and orange indicate higher rain rates.
While Fairbanks temps were dropping last Sunday, southeast Alaska was experiencing a heavy rain event. This image shows QPE, Quantitative Precipitation Estimate, which uses satellite microwave data to approximate the amount of liquid precipitation received over 6hrs.
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