Summary: The rain rates are overlaid on infrared IR data from the TRMM Visible Infrared Scanner VIRS TRMM reveals that Alpha is rather small and that its circulation is not well developed Alpha does not have a closed eye and very little curvature is visible in the rain field At the time of the image Alpha was a minimal tropical storm with NHC reporting maximum sustained
Image Dimensions: 350 x 251
Image originally found here.