2 inches an hour over the Dominican Republic

A few days earlier, on October 25 at 10:25 a.m. ET, NASA's TRMM satellite saw that rain associated with Hurricane Sandy storm's center, was moderate (in green and blue) and falling at a rate of 20 to 40 millimeters per hour. The heaviest rainfall at the time of this image was falling over the Dominican Republic at more than 2 inches/50 mm per hour, seen in red.