Eastern Pacific Category Four Hurricane Amanda
The first hurricane of the eastern Pacific hurricane 2014 season, called Amanda, reached wind speeds estimated at 135 kts (about 190 mph) on May 25, 2014. This made it a category four on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. Fortunately the powerful hurricane was over open waters well to the southwest of Mexico's coast when the maximum intensity was reached. The images above show data collected when the TRMM satellite passed overhead on Saturday May 24, 2014 at 2150 UTC. Rainfall data from TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation Radar (PR) instruments are shown overlaid on a GOES-15