TRMM’s analysis of rainfall within Neki on Oct. 23 at 0124 UTC showed areas of heavy rainfall, about 2 inches per hour (red). The yellow and green areas indicate moderate rainfall between .78 to 1.57 inches per hour. Neki was moving into the French Frigate Shoals (west-northwest of the Hawaiian Islands) at the time of this image.

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of Hurricane Neki on October 22 at 2:59 a.m. local time. Infrared imagery revealed the deep convection in Neki’s center and in the northeast quadrant of the storm. The coldest cloud tops are cold as or colder than 220K (Kelvin) or minus 63F. The blue areas are around 240K, or minus 27F.

Tropical Storm”RAMIL” (LUPIT) was located based on satellite and surface data at 425 kms Northeast of Basco, Batanes (22.8°N, 125.9°E) with maximum winds of 95 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 120kph. It is forecast to move Northeast at 15 kph.