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NASA's TRMM sees huge Typhoon Parma bringing more rain to the Philippines

Typhoon Parma is a huge storm and NASA's TRMM satellite sees it is already bringing more unwanted rains and gusty winds to the typhoon-weary and devastated Philippines. Parma, also called "Pepeng" in the Philippines, ...

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created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NASA sees a 'hot tower' in newborn eastern Pacific Tropical Depression 2E

"Hot Tower" rain clouds within a tropical cyclone indicate that the storm is going to intensify, and that's what NASA's TRMM satellite spotted in newborn Tropical Depression 2E (TD2E) in the eastern Pacific ...

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA's TRMM satellite sees wide-eyed Hurricane Bill strengthening

The TRMM satellite noticed a wide-eyed Hurricane Bill's rainfall is intensifying indicating he's getting stronger. Satellite images have also shown Bill's eye is widening.

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created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA: Songda becomes a super typhoon

As predicted, Typhoon Songda intensified and was a super typhoon with wind speeds estimated at over 130 knots ( ~145 mph) when NASA's TRMM satellite passed directly over head on May 26, 2011 at 0806 UTC (4:06 ...

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created May 26, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA continues tracking soaking remnants of Hurricane Irene into Canada

Hurricane Irene left a trail of devastation and heavy rainfall in its wake from the Caribbean to the U.S. east coast and is now a depression dumping heavy rains in eastern Canada before it heads into the Atlantic. ...

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created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

TRMM satellite captures rainfall from 2 typhoons that soaked Philippines

Within a week's time, the northern Philippines were hit by two tropical cyclones that left behind more than 42 inches of rainfall to various areas, and NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite ...

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created May 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA satellite sees severe flooding rains from deadly typhoon morakot (w/ Video)

Typhoon Morakot brought enormous amounts of rainfall to Taiwan and China and NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) estimated it from space.

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created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA 3-D map shows flooding rains of Typhoon Ketsana in Philippines

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite, orbits the Earth and measures the amount of rainfall created by a tropical cyclone. When Typhoon Ketsana (known in the Phillippines as "Ondoy") made ...

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created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA's TRMM satellite sees Hurricane Celia's moderate rainfall

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite known as TRMM has been monitoring the rainfall rates in Hurricane Celia, and noticed rain is falling moderately as the storm continues to strengthen.

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created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA's TRMM satellite sees heavy rainfall in Hurricane Alex

Hurricane Alex is generating some very heavy rainfall, and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite known as TRMM has been calculating it from its orbit in space.

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created Jun 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA's TRMM satellite sees the power in Tropical Storm Alenga

The first tropical storm of the Southern Indian Ocean season has been renamed from Tropical Storm 01S to Tropical Storm Alenga as it continues to strengthen. NASA's TRMM satellite was able to capture a look ...

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created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

TRMM satellite sees hot towers in Cyclone Koji

Hot towers, or towering thunderclouds that give off an excessive amount of latent heat, usually indicate a tropical cyclone will strengthen in six hours, and NASA's TRMM satellite saw some of them as it passed ...

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created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

TRMM satellite sees newborn Tropical Storm Pakhar's heavy rain

System 96W intensified overnight and became Tropical Storm Pakhar during the morning hours on March 29. NASA's TRMM satellite measured rainfall rates within the storm, and noticed areas of heavy rain west of the center as ...

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created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA sees power within hurricane Maria as it heads for a landfall in Newfoundland

Hurricane Maria joins twelve other hurricanes on record to make landfall in Newfoundland, Canada, and NASA satellite imagery revealed its inner strength.

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created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Late season Hurricane Kenneth forms in the eastern Pacific

The hurricane season in the eastern Pacific isn't over and Hurricane Kenneth serves as a reminder that the season ends November 30. NASA satellite imagery shows Kenneth more organized than it appeared on Sunday, ...

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created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0