TRMM satellite flew over tropical storm Odile on Sept. 11 at 12:18 a.m. EDT and saw thunderstorms over 14.7 km (9.1 miles) high dropping rainfall over 196 mm (7.8 inches) per hour (red).

NASA's TRMM satellite flew over Nate on Sept. 7 at 1812 UTC (2:12 p.m. EDT), a couple of hours before being designated a tropical storm. Cloud tops were up to 14km (~8.7 miles) high south of Nate ...