Hurricane Ernesto's Rainfall Track (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Hurricane Ernesto's Rainfall Track

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This image shows the amount of rain that fell from Hurricane Ernesto from Aug. 24, 2006, at 5:00 p.m. EDT (21 UTC) to 5:00 p.m. EDT (21 UTC) on Sept. 1. The rainfall is accumulated within approximately 410 miles (a radius of 6 degrees) from the storm's center along the track. The track line is superimposed on the rainfall, with the storm intensity indicated by the color of the line. For the most part, Ernesto was a tropical storm (red line) and became a category one hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale on Aug. 28, south of Hispanola. The month and day are indicated along the track.

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