Extreme, sometimes disastrous, monsoon rainfall has occurred so far over India during June and July 2013. The image above shows rainfall total estimates from space satellite data for the seven day period ending on June 17, 2013. Near real-time TRMM Merged HQ/Infrared Precipitation (3B42) data, with seven days totals, were analyzed for the period from June 14-July 25, 2013. These rainfall estimates are shown in simulated 3-D perspective views with higher precipitation amounts appearing to be taller than lower amounts. Rainfall totals were also color enhanced with lower amounts being assigned

The image on the left used data captured by the TRMM satellite on July 22, 2013 at 1703 UTC when it passed above a tropical wave in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. The tropical wave had moved from Africa into the eastern Atlantic earlier in the day. The TRMM satellite view on the right shows that the tropical wave's organization had greatly improved when data was again collected on July 23, 2013 at 0253 UTC. Analyses of rainfall from TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation Radar (PR) are shown overlaid on Visible and InfraRed Scanner (VIRS) data. A combination visible and infrared VIRS

The TRMM satellite had another excellent view of tropical storm Cimaron near the coast of China on July 18, 2013 at 1804 UTC. This TRMM pass showed that Cimaron still contained some powerful thunderstorms. Some of these storms were found by TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR) instrument to be dropping rain at a rate of over 141mm/hr (~5.6 inches). Some of this heavy rainfall was returning values of over 54dBZ to the satellite. Tropical storm Cimaron dissipated quickly after coming ashore but produced heavy rainfall that caused flooding in China's Fujian Province. This 3-D view from TRMM's

The image on the left used data captured by the TRMM satellite when it passed above tropical storm Cimaron on July 18, 2013 at 1132 UTC (~7:32 PM Local) just before it hit southeastern China. Rainfall was measured by TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation Radar (PR) instruments to be falling at a rate of over 183mm/hr (~7.2 inches) in a small area near Cimaron's center of circulation. TRMM PR found some radar reflectivity values greater than 55dBZ in these heavy rainshowers. Cimaron's track took it to the south of Taiwan yesterday. The rainfall anomaly analysis on the right was made

TRMM satellite again flew above weakening typhoon Soulik on July 11, 2013 at 2119 UTC. Data from TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation Radar (PR) instruments show that Soulik had weakened considerably. The eye diameter was shown to be much greater than when TRMM passed over super typhoon Soulik about 7 hours earlier. This TRMM Precipitation Radar 3-D view (from the northwest) shows typhoon Soulik east of Taiwan. The structure of Soulik's large eye is clearly shown by this TRMM PR slice through the weakening typhoon. Soulik is predicted by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) to be