GPM Captures Hurricane Matthew Before Haiti Landfall

This animation starts with an overview of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. As the camera slowly pushes in, Hurricane Matthew begins to form. By the morning of Oct. 2, 2016, Matthew is a category 4 hurricane immediately south of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Time then slows down to see GPM’s GPROF swath reveal ground precipitation from the hurricane. Now, with the camera closer in the view rotates to reveal a curtain of three-dimensional radar data from GPM’s DPR instrument. DPR shows u