As predicted by the National Hurricane Center (NHC), hurricane Henriette has started a weakening trend. The TRMM satellite flew over Henriette again on August 9, 2013 at 0122 UTC (~ 4 PM local time). The image above shows a comparison between this latest orbit and another visible image from TRMM's previous orbit on August 8, 2013 at 1709 UTC. The eye that was apparent in the previous image was no longer distinct in the latest TRMM pass. The image of the right shows that rain was still falling at a rate of over 161mm/hr (~6.3 inches) near the center of the hurricane.

The image above shows a comparison between the 3-D structure of Hurricane Henriette when the tropical cyclone was forming and same view using Precipitation Radar (PR) data from the most recent TRMM orbit. On August 6, 2013 the tremendous amount of energy being released by towering thunderstorms in Henriette's forming eye was evident with tops reaching almost 16.75km (~10.41 miles). In contrast, TRMM PR data from the most recent orbit shows that thunderstorms near Henriette's center were found to reach heights of less than 12km (~7.5 miles).