Satellite imagery from NASA's TRMM satellite showed that wind
shear is pushing the bulk of rainfall away from the center of
Tropical Storm Anais. When NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring
Mission (TRMM) satellite passed over Tropical Storm Anais on
Oct. 16 at 0654 UTC (2:54 a.m. EDT), light to moderate rainfall
was occurring southeast of the center and falling at a rate
between .78 to 1.57 inches/20 to 40 mm per hour. The
displacement of rainfall from around the storm's center to the
southeast indicates moderate to strong northwesterly wind
shear.There no areas of heavy rainfall, indicating that the
storm had weakened since the previous day. Forecasters at the
Joint Typhoon Warning Center noted "the TRMM image depicts
tightly-curved, shallow convective (thunderstorm) banding
wrapping into a well-defined center with deep convective banding
limited to the south quadrant." Tropical Storm Anais had maximum
sustained winds near 55 knots (63.2 mph/102 kph) on Oct. 16 at
1500 UTC (11 a.m. EDT). Anais was located near