Faxai

Tropical storm FAXAI meandered in a area southeast of Guam for the past few days and is now predicted to move toward the north passing well to the east of Guam. The TRMM satellite had a good daytime view of the tropical storm on March 2, 2247 UTC. TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation Radar (PR) data revealed that FAXAI had heavy rain falling at a rate of over 89 mm/hr (~3.5 inches). A few rainshowers from FAXAI are shown affecting GUAM.

A tropical depression that developed southeast of Guam was upgraded to a tropical storm called FAXAI early Saturday morning (local time). The TRMM satellite has had several good looks of the tropical storm during it's formation. As it passed over head on February 27, 2014 at 2357 UTC the satellite had an outstanding daytime view of the developing tropical cyclone . Rainfall data collected by TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation Radar (PR) instruments are shown overlaid on enhanced visible and infrared images from TRMM's Visible and InfraRed Scanner (VIRS). TRMM PR data indicated