NASA's TRMM Satellite Saw Tropical Storm Ernesto's Rainfall (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA's TRMM Satellite Saw Tropical Storm Ernesto's Rainfall

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NASA's TRMM satellite saw tropical storm Ernesto on Aug. 9, 2012, at 0656 UTC (2:36 a.m. EDT) after it moved from the Yucatan Peninsula into the Gulf of Mexico. Powerful convective thunderstorms were dropping rain at a rate greater than 50mm per hour (~2 inches) north of the storm's center.

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NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce

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