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STAR Satellite Rainfall Estimates

Hydro-Estimator - Alaska, Hawaii, and the Eastern Pacific
Automatic Satellite-Derived Precipitation Estimates

This home page provides real time rainfall rate estimates over the northeastern Pacific Ocean, including Alaska and Hawaii, based on cloud top temperature measurements from the GOES-West satellite 10.7 micron channel.

This product has been calibrated and validated only for the continental United States (US). This product is similar to that used over the continental US, and was modified (January 2000) to use moisture corrections and equilibrium level adjustments. It remains an experimental product.

Rain Rates in Alaska, Hawaii, and the Eastern Pacific, Supplied as GIF images
Data Product U.S. West Coast Alaska / British Columbia Hawaii
1-Hour Estimated Rainfall Current images Current images Current images
3-Hour Estimated Rainfall Current images Current images Current images
6-Hour Estimated Rainfall Current images Current images Current images
24-Hour Estimated Rainfall Current images Current images Current images