Cimaron

TRMM Sees Strong Tropical Storm Cimaron

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

Tropical Storm Cimaron Brings Beneficial Rain To China

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