This animation of GOES-East visible and infrared imagery shows the development and track of Tropical Storm Erika from Aug. 23 to Aug. 26, 2015. Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project
GPM showed thunderstorm cloud tops reaching to just over 14 km (8.6 miles) high and PM showed rainfall of up to 52.8 mm (2.0 inches) per hour. The GPM data …