TRMM Satellite's View on Colin

When the TRMM satellite, a mission managed by both NASA and the Japanese Space Agency, JAXA, flew over Colin late on August 3 (Eastern Daylight Time) it was just a few hours after the National Hurricane Center issued their last advisory on the system. TRMM's rainfall analysis showed that there was very little left of Colin except a relatively small area of widely scattered light to moderate showers.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami, FL, USA, issued its final warning on what was Tropical Storm Colin on 3rd August at 2100 UTC (5 p.m. EDT). At that time, it was about 540 miles east of the Lesser Antilles near 15.8 North and 53.8 West. Colin's winds had dropped to 34mph.

By 8 a.m. 4th August, Colin had become a remnant low pressure area. The centre of the remnant low was located about 150 miles east-northeast of the Leeward Islands, near 17.0 North and 57.0 West. Colin's remnants continue to move west-northwestward at 20 to 25mph.

Although the National Hurricane Center noted that there's a 10% chance that Colin could become a tropical storm again in the next 48 hours, it is still expected to bring heavy rains and gusty winds to the parts of the Leeward Islands and the Virgin Islands today and tonight. Upper level winds continue to batter the storm, preventing it from regenerating.