Tropical Cyclone Phet brought not just strong
winds but also heavy rains to the Arabian Sea, the Arabian Peninsula, and
the coast of Pakistan in late May and early June 2010. This color-coded
image shows both rainfall amounts and the storm track for Phet from May
31 to June 6, 2010. The storm track appears in shades of peach, coral,
and red. The rainfall amounts appear in shades of blue and green.
Phet reached its greatest intensity off
the coast of Oman on June 3. After making landfall in Oman, Phet dissipated
somewhat, but remained organized enough to move back over the Arabian Sea
toward Pakistan. The heaviest rainfall amounts-600 or more millimeters
(23.6 or more inches)-occur off the coast of Oman, south of where the
storm reached its greatest intensity. Lighter rainfall amounts occur near
the coasts of Oman, Iran, and Pakistan. Although winds were slower and
rainfall was lighter over land, the storm still caused substantial damage
along coastlines. Agence France-Prese reported that Phet caused 15 deaths
in Oman and four more deaths in Pakistan.
This image is based on data from the Multisatellite
Precipitation Analysis produced at Goddard Space Flight Center, which estimates
rainfall by combining measurements from many satellites and calibrating
them using rainfall measurements from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission(TRMM) satellite.