Heavy Rainfall from Hurricane Jeanne Observed by TRMM and Other Satellites

September 23-27, 2004:
After days of slow and wandering movement under weak atmospheric steering flow, Hurricane Jeanne started to intensify and move toward Florida. On Saturday, September 25, 2004, Jeanne made landfall on the east coast of Florida, not far from the place where Hurricane Frances made landfall only about three weeks earlier. Jeanne was the fourth hurricane to hit Florida in the last six weeks. Several fatalities in Florida have been attributed to Jeanne, as have more than 1,000 deaths in Haiti. Figure 1 shows the track of heavy rainfall left by Hurricane Jeanne, as observed by TRMM and other satellites.

View a GIF animation of Hurricane Jeanne's rainfall. (Animation data is in 3-hour increments.)

For the latest plots and animation, please visit:
http://lake.nascom.nasa.gov/tovas/3B42RT/